L1/2 Vocab Review

Consists of pieces of rock or soil, or the remains of plants and animals.

• grass

• water

• sediment

• rock

Occurs where the agents of erosion deposit, or lay down, sediment.

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition

• loess

One of the processes that moves sediment downhill; caused by gravity

• mass movement

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition

erosion caused by wind

• mass movement

• erosion

• deflation

• deposition

When wind meets an obstacle, such as a clump of grass, the result is usually a deposit of windblown sand called a

• river

• sand dune

• loess

• landslide

The wind drops sediments that is finer than sand but coarser than clay far from its source. This fine, wind-deposited sediment is

• river

• sand dune

• loess

• landslide

________ particles are carried through the air.

• Fine

• medium

• large

________ particles skip or bounce

• Fine

• medium

• large

________ particles slide or roll

• Fine

• medium

• large

Occurs when rock and soil slide quickly down a steep slope.

• landslide

• mudflow

• slump

• creep