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Flashcards by kevin_richardson, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by kevin_richardson
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| Question | Answer |
| Erratic | A large rock transported far from its origin by a glacier |
| Cirque | A bowl shape cut into the side of a mountain by a glacier |
| Erosion | The process that wears down and carries away rock and soil |
| Mechanical Weathering | The process of physically breaking rock into smaller fragments |
| Chemical Weathering | The process that breaks down rock by chemical reactions |
| Abrasion | Form of mechanical weathering when rocks scrape or grind against one another |
| Landslide | Rapid Movement of large amounts of rock and soil |
| Mudflow | The rapid mass movement of soil and other sediment mixed with water |
| Creep | Soil gradually moves down a slope |
| Slumping | Weak layers of soil or rock suddenly move downhill as a single unit |
| Alluvial Fan | A fan-shaped deposit of sediment on land |
| Delta | Mass of sediment deposited where a river enters a large body of water |
| Meander | A loop-like bend in a river |
| Oxbow Lake | A curved lake made by a meander getting cut off from the rest of the river |
| Flood Plain | The flat area along a stream that is entirely covered only during times of flood |
| V-shaped Valley | The valley created by running surface water |
| Waterfall | Where running water tumbles off of a cliff |
| Stalactite | An icicle-like formation on a cavern ceiling |
| Stalagmite | A pillar of minerals on a cavern floor |
| Sinkhole | The hole left behind after ground collapses |
| Arete | A jagged narrow ridge that separates two adjacent glacier valleys or cirques |
| Horn | A sharp pyramid-shaped peak |
| U-shaped valley | The valley created by glacial erosion |
| Glacial Lake | An accumulation of water on top of , in, or beneath a glacier |
| Till | An unsorted mixture of sediment containing fragments of different sizes left behind by a glacier |
| Moraine | Mounds of sediment left behind by a glacier. Often found at the downhill end, or along the sides of a glacier |
| Esker | Ridges made from sand and gravel that once flowed in streams within a glacier |
| Striations | The grooves in bedrock created by abrasion from a glacier |
| Plucking | The process where glaciers rip off chunks of bedrock |
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