8th grade Science- Unit 2- Lesson 2- Vocabulary

the slow downhill movement of weathered rock material

• creep

• glacier

• mudflow

a large mass of ice that exists year-round and moves over land

• glacier

• loess

• landslide

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the flow of a mass of mud or rock and soil mixed with a large amount of water

• rockfall

• mudflow

• landslide

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a mound of wind-deposited sand that moves as a result of the action of wind

• glacial drift

• dune

• creep

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the rapid mass movement of rock down a steep slope or cliff

• glacial drift

• glacier

• rockfall

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fine-grained sediments of quartz, feldspar, hornblende, mica, & clay deposited by the wind

• loess

• dune

• creep

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the rock material carried and deposited by glaciers

• creep

• loess

• glacial drift

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the sudden movement of rock and soil down a slope

• mudflow

• dune

• landslide

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