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What is the major cause of erosion? | water |
What is a delta? | River or lake that flows into the ocean |
Continental glacier | a glacier on a continent |
What is abrasion? | When wind blows sediments around |
What is mechanical weathering? | When animals and sediments break apart other rocks |
Chemical weathering | Water and acid rain break apart rocks |
What is a glacier? | body of ice that is moving under its own weight |
U-shaped valley | valley normally caused by a glacier thawing over time |
What is a V-shaped valley | Valley formed by the erosion from a river flowing through it |
What is a landslide? | Rocks and sediments fall down a slope |
What is a mud flow? | Soil and a mud fall down a slope |
What is a creep? | When the ground caves in |
Plocking | When a glacier drops sediment as it moves |
Stalactite | rocks formed on the "ceiling" in a cavern or cave |
Stalagmite | Rocks formed on the floor of a cave or cavern |
How are beaches formed? | Formed by waves moving sand. |
What is run off? | Extra water left by rain that the soil cannot absorb |
What are mass movements? | Soil and rock or mud that are pulled down hills because of gravity |