Chapter 6 Vocab

Sediment

• A crumbly, windblown deposit of silt and clay

• Boulders

• Rock material that forms when rocks are broken down into smaller pieces or dissolved in water as rocks erode

• Cement

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Erosion

• The laying down or settling of eroded material

• The moving of weathered material, or sediment, from one location to another

• A broad, C-shaped curve in a stream

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

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Deposition

• The mechanical and chemical processes that change Earth's surface over time

• The moving of weathered material, or sediment, from one location to another

• The laying down or settling of eroded material

• A broad, C-shaped curve in a stream

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Meander

• A pile of windblown sand

• A crumbly, windblown deposit of silt or clay

• A broad, C-shaped curve in a stream

• The downhill movement of a large mass of rocks or soil due to gravity

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Longshore Current

• A current that flows parallel to the shoreline

• A narrow band of high winds

• A broad, C-shaped curve in a stream

• A wind circulation pattern that changes direction with the seasons

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Delta

• A crumbly, windblown deposit of silt and clay

• The moving of weathered material, or sediment, from one location to another

• A pile of windblown sand

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

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Abrasion

• The mechanical and chemical processes that change Earth's surface over time

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

• The process that combines the element oxygen with other elements or molecules

• The moving of weathered material, or sediment, from one location to another

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Dune

• A large mass of ice, formed by snow accumulation on land, that moves slowly across Earth's surface

• The brittle, rocky outer layer of Earth

• A pile of windblown sand

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

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Loess

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

• The brittle, rocky outer layer of Earth

• A windblown pile of sand

• A crumbly, windblown deposit of silt and clay

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Mass Wasting

• The downhill movement of a large mass of rocks or soil due to gravity

• Throwing away things

• A crumbly, windblown deposit of silt and clay

• Wasting a big opportunity

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