| A | B |
|---|
| beach | a pile up of ground up rocks on a coastline |
| mechanical weathering | changing the physical appearance of a rock |
| chemical weathering | changing the chemical structure of a rock |
| glaciers | a big slow moving chunk of ice |
| root-pry | when a plant grows inside a crack in a rock the roots grow into the rock and make the crack bigger eventually breaking the rock |
| frost-action | when water poors into a crack in a rock then freezes expanding the crack eventually breaking it into two pieces |
| oxidation | when iron chemically reacts with the oxygen in the air causing rust to form on it |
| erosion | the breaking of large rocks into small rocks |
| deposition | when erosion happens in one place and then the particles from it go to another place and form something |
| dune | a build up of sand forming a hill of sand. |
| loess | a build up of fertile soil forming a cliff which is very good to plant crops on but is very unstable |
| sea stack | a rock that has not been knocked down by the waves and is standing in the middle of the water. |
| landslide | when a build up of dirt and sand and rocks falls down a steep cliff or hill side taking everything with it. |
| wind break | a fence or bushes protecting a landform from wind erosion |
| soil creep | the slow movement of dirt or sand down a hillside. |
| drainage basin | everything around a river in an area that eventually ends up in the river helping it to keep flowing. |
| tributaries | streams gullies or rills that run into a river |
| sea cave | a cave formed on a sea cliff from constant waves hitting it |
| running water | water that wears down the sides of a river or just erodes anything in its path over a period of time. |
| abrasion | when particles carried by water or wind constantly hit minerals or rocks and over time wear them down. |
