Chapter 6 Erosion

large deposit of sediment that forms where a stream enters a large body of water

• deposition

• delta

• meander

• moraine

laying down or settling or eroded material

• deposition

• process

• erosion

• loess

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

removal of weathered material from one location to another

• abrasion

• landslide

• erosion

• deposition

ongoing event or series of related events

• meander

• outwash

• till

• process

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

grinding away or rock or other surfaces as particles carried by wind, water, or ice scrape against them

• erosion

• longshore current

• moraine

• abrasion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

pile of windblown sand

• dune

• loess

• talus

• till

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

crumbly, windblown deposit of silt and clay

• loess

• dune

• talus

• till

flows parallel to the shoreline

• moraine

• longshore current

• meander

• outwash

broad, C-shaped curve in a stream

• meander

• outwash

• delta

• talus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

large mass of ice that formed on land and moves slowly across Earth's surface

• iceberg

• glacier

• landslide

• outwash