Erosion and Deposition

As runoff travels, it forms groves in the soil called...

• Gully

• Rills

• Stream

• Tributary

Sometimes a meandering river forms a feature called a...

• Meander

• Flood Plain

• Water Erosion

• Oxbow Lake

A _________ is a glacier that covers much of a continent or large island.

• Island Glacier

• Plucking

• Continental Glacier

• Valley Glacier

Many times in the past, continental glaciers have covered large parts of Earth's surface. These times are known as...

• Ice Ages

• Glacier

• Valley Glacier

• Plucking

A headland is...

• An area of wave washed sediment along a coast.

• Energy in the wave that comes from the wind.

• A part of the shore that sticks out into the ocean.

• When waves switch direction as they approach the shore.

How does a spit form?

• When large waves hit rocks along the shore.

• Forms as a result of deposition by long shore drift.

• When waves approach shallow water.

• When waves make small cracks bigger.

Wind causes erosion mainly by...

• Deflation

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Wind Erosion

When the wind meets an obstacle, the result is usually a deposit of windblown sand called a...

• Abrasion

• Deflation

• Loess

• Sand Dune

Gravity causes ____________________________, anyone of several processes that move sediment downhill.

• Mud flows

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Mass Movement

What is a slump??????????????????????

• Very Slow downhill movement

• Rapid downhill movement of a mixture of water, rock, and soil.

• A mass of rock and soil suddenly slips down a slope.

• Rock and soil slip quickly down a steep slope.