WED and Landforms Vocab Assessment

Sediment is moved from its location by wind, water, ice or gravity.

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Deposition

• Compaction

Created when a river slows down as it joins a large body of water and causes sediment to be deposited at the mouth of the river.

• Delta

• Canyon

• Sand Dune

• Arch

Sediment is dropped in a new location

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Cementation

Created when ice, such as glaciers, weathers and erodes rock material

• Delta

• U-shaped Valley

• Sand Dune

• Canyon

Rock is broken down into smaller and smaller pieces by wind, water, ice or living things (tree roots)

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Compation

• Weathering

Created when sand sediments are deposited by the wind into large mounds; wind changes the size and shape of the mound through erosion and deposition.

• Canyon

• Delta

• Arch

• Sand Dune

Layers of sediment become solid rock when the minerals in water bind the sediments together.

• Compation

• Cementation

• Sedimentation

• Deposition

Created when a river weathers and erodes rock material and forms a deep, narrow valley that usually exposes layers of sedimentary rock

• Canyon

• Delta

• Sand Dune

• Arch

As layers of sediment are deposited on top of each other, the bottom layers are pressed tightly together by the weight of the top layers

• Compaction

• Cementation

• Erosion

• Weathering

Rock that forms in layers and is formed from the sediments of other rocks

• Sedimentary Rock

• Igneous Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Minerals