Constructive processes, such as (a)   , often produce flat, and deposition.

(a)   and wind are important agents of weathering, erosion, and deposition.

The (a)   of water movement and the depositional environment often affect the shape of landforms.

The erosion produced by a stream depends on the stream's (a)   .

A young stream in a (a)   area has the most energy.

As a stream (a)   , it gets slower and develops curves.

A (a)   is a broad C-shaped curve in a stream.

A (a)   stream flows slowly when it reaches flat land.

Currents and waves constantly cause (a)   erosion.

A longshore current moves (a)   and changes the size and shape of beaches.

Coastal erosion can be due to (a)   , which carve our caves, pillars, and arches in rock.

Acidic water carves out spaces in underground rock, forming (a)  

Flowing water deposits (a)   as the water slows.

A stream slows when it reaches ____ land or a ____ body of water.

(a)  

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

____ transport the sand along ocean coasts, depositing sand where currents are slower and have less ____.

(a)  

Structures in caves that form by deposition from cave ceilings and floors are ____ and ____.

(a)  

Damage caused by water erosion can be affected by the way people use (a)   .

To reduce beach erosion, people sometimes build retaining walls or (a)   , which trap sediments and reduce erosive effects of longshore currents.

A (a)   is a wide, flat area next to a river that usually remains dry.

A (a)   is a long low ridge of soil along a river (can decrease flooding on a floodplain).

(a)   is the grinding away of rock or other surfaces as particles carried by wind, water, or ice scrape against them.

A (a)   is a pile of windblown sand.

(a)   is a crumbly, windblown deposit of silt and clay.

People can (a)   the effects of win erosion by planting rows of trees at the edge of farm fields to slow wind.

(a)   is the downhill movement of a large mass of rocks or soil because of the pull or gravity.

Mass wasting usually occurs on the side of a hill when the soil is (a)   .

Thick (a)   on slopes can help prevent mass wasting.

A (a)   is the rapid downhill movement of soil, loose rocks, and boulders.

In landslides, such as mudslides and (a)   , soil moves in a large mass.

Erosion is most destructive when a landslide occurs on a (a)   slope.

Erosion due to mass wasting continues as long as the force of (a)   is greater than other forces holding rock and soil in place.

The material from a (a)   eventually comes to rest, usually in a flat place.

(a)   is a pile of angular rocks and sediment from a rockfall.

Building on a steep slope can (a)   the chances that mass wasting will occur.

Removing ____ from a slope and using heavy ____ promote mass wasting.

(a)  

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

Glaciers form where the amount of snowfall is (a)   than the amount of snow melt.

(a)   glaciers form in mountains.

(a)   cover large areas of land and move outward from central locations.

Glaciers cause (a)   as they move, with rocks frozen in the ice, carving grooves in underlaying surfaces of Earth.

Glacial erosion can cause sharp ridges called ____ and carve out U-shaped and hanging ____.

(a)  

Glaciers (a)   material when they melt, either when they flow downhill to warmer places or when the climate gets warmer.

(a)   is a mixture of various sizes of sediment deposited by a glacier.

A mound or ridge of unsorted sediment deposited by a glacier is a (a)   .

____ is layered sediment deposited by streams of water that flow from a melting glacier. It is mainly well sorted ____ and gravel.

(a)  

(a)   is the gradual increase in Earth's average temperature.

(a)   activities contribute to global warming.

Because of global warming, glaciers have been melting, which leads to a (a)   in sea level