| A | B |
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| Physical Weathering | The breakdown of rock particles into smaller pieces with no chemical change. |
| Chemical Weathering | When rock breakdown and change into new substances due to reactions with chemicals in the environment. |
| Erosion | The movement or transport of sediment from one place to another. |
| Residual Soil | Soil which has formed from the bedrock below it and has not been moved by an agent of erosion. |
| Transported Soil | Soil which has been moved by an agent of erosion. |
| Abrasion | The wearing down of rock particles due to contact with other particles during erosion. |
| Deposition | The removal of sediment from an erosional system. |
| Sorted Sediment | Sediment which has been separated by size shape and density. |
| Unsorted Sediment | Deposits of sediment which have a variety of sediment sizes mixed together. |
| Striations | Scratches in rocks created by the abrasive actions of glaciers. |
| Glacial Till | Unsorted sediment deposited by glaciers. |
| Delta | A triangle shaped deposit of sorted sediment at the mouth of a river. |
| Floodplain | The wide, flat area that borders a atream or river and is covered by water during times of high water. |
| Longshore Current | The movement of sediment, parallel to the shoreline, by breaking waves. |
