Ch. 6 Vocab Quiz. - Erosion & Deposition

The removal of weathered material from one location to another.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Rounding

• Sorting

The laying down or settling of eroded material.

• Erosion

• Sorting

• Deposition

• Tired

A broad, C-shaped curve in a stream.

• A turn

• Water Erosion

• Longshore current

• Meander

A current that flows parallel to the shoreline.

• Mature stream

• Beach current

• Longshore current

• Meander

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

• Beta

• Dune

• Sand

• Delta

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

• Abrasion

• Cutting

• Shaving

• Erosion

A pile of windblown sand.

• Loess

• Layers of Sand

• Dune

• Sand Landform

A crumbly, windblown deposit of silt and clay.

• Dune

• Pile of Clay

• Top Soil

• Loess (LUHS)

The downhill movement of a large mass or rocks or soil because of the pull of gravity.

• Mass Weighting

• Mass Wasting

• Mass Sliding

• Mass Landslide

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

• Glacier

• Iceberg

• Ice Wall

• Ice Mountain