Earth's Surface Systems

Process in which sediments are laid down in new locations.

• loess

• deposition

• deflation

• creep

The process by which wind removes surface materials.

• till

• plucking

• deflation

• abrasion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A large mass of ice that moves slowly over land.

• glacier

• longshore drift

• tributary

• runoff

A deposit that hangs like an icicle from the roof of a cave.

• stalagmite

• topography

• glacier

• stalactite

A cone-shaped that builds up from the floor of a cave.

• stalagmite

• topography

• glacier

• stalactite

What are the two processes that glaciers erode the land?

• abrasion

• runoff

• plucking

• delta

Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers.

• river

• groundwater

• oxbow lake

• tributary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The process in which a glacier picks up rocks as it flows over the land.

• erosion

• impact

• runoff

• plucking

A glacier that covers much of a continent or large island.

• sand glacier

• mountain glacier

• valley glacier

• continental glacier

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A long, narrow glacier that forms when snow and ice build up in a mountain valley.

• valley glacier

• continental glacier

• mountain glacier

• sand glacier