| A | B |
|---|
| Erosion | the moving of natural materials |
| Sediment | material moved by erosion |
| deposition | deposit of materials |
| Gravity | force that moves materials downhill |
| mass movement | Landslides, mudflows, slump, and creep |
| energy | ability to do work |
| Potential Energy | energy that is stored |
| Kinectic Energy | energy in motion |
| abrasion | wearing away of rock by grinding |
| load | amount of sediment |
| headland | part of the shore that sticks out |
| beach | area of wave-washed sediment along a coast |
| longshore drift | beach sediment moving down the beach |
| Spit | beach that projects like a finger |
| sand dune | deposit of wind blown sand |
| deflation | wind removing surface materials |
