| A | B |
|---|
| beach | Wave washed sediment along a coast. |
| continental glacier | A glacier that covers much of a continent or large island. |
| deflation | Wind erosion that removes surface materials. |
| glacier | A huge mass of ice and snow that moves slowly over the land. |
| ice age | Cold time periods in Earth's history, during which glaciers covered large parts of the surface. |
| kettle | A small depression that forms when a chunk of ice is left in glacial till. |
| loess | A wind-formed deposit made of fine particles of clay and silt. |
| longshore drift | The movement of water and sediment along a beach caused by waves coming into shore at an angle. |
| moraine | A ridge formed by the till deposited at the edge of a glacier. |
| plucking | The process by which a glacier picks up rocks as it flows over the land. |
| sand dune | A deposit of wind-blown sand. |
| spit | A beach formed by longshore drift that projects like a finger out into the water. |
| till | The sediments deposited directly by a glacier. |
| turbulence | A type of movement of water in wchich, rather than moving downstream, the water moves every which way. |
| valley glacier | A long, narrow glacier that forms when snow and ice vuild up in a mountain valley. |
