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Weathering/Erosion

Erosion and Deposton/Mass Movement and Glaciers anuemeyer6

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What is Erosion? process by which natural forces move weathered rock and soil or sediment from one place to another; factors that effect rate of erosion include- climate, weather, topography and the type of rock.
What is Deposition? Laying or settling down of eroded material
What is Mass Wasting? Down hill movement of a large mass of rocks or soil because of the pull of gravity; Examples are- mudslides, landslides, slump, and creep
What is a Glacier? Large mass of ice that formed on land and moves slowly across Earth's surface; forms in areas where snowfall is greater than the amount of snow melt
What is a Continental Glacier ( ice sheet)? Covers large areas of land and move outward from central location; exist today on Antarctica and Greenland
What is a Valley Glacier (alpine)? Long, narrow glacier that forms when snow and ice build up high in a mountain valley
What is Plucking? A process which glaciers erode land; As a glacier flows over the land, it picks up rocks and large boulders, dragging them across land, causing abrasions, or gouges and scratches in the bed rock
What is Till? Landform created by eroded sediment; mixture of sediment that is deposited directly on the surface
What is Moraine? Landform created by eroded sediment; ridge formed from till deposits at the edge of glaciers
What is Kettle? Landform created by eroded sediment; small depression that forms when a chunk of ice is left in till then evantually melts
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