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8.ESS.3

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  • Q1
    The breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface.
    Weathering
    30s
  • Q2
    Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away
    Erosion
    30s
  • Q3
    Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations.
    Deposition
    30s
  • Q4
    Water, Glaciers, Wind, and Gravity
    What are the 4 main causes of erosion
    30s
  • Q5
    Any process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces without changing the chemistry of the rock; typically wind and water.
    physical (mechanical) weathering
    30s
  • Q6
    the process by which glaciers cut, carve or scratch the earth's surface
    Glacial Erosion
    30s
  • Q7
    The process that breaks down rock through chemical changes
    chemical weathering
    30s
  • Q8
    when streams, river, and oceans cut into the land wearing away the soil and rocks moving them elsewhere.
    water erosion
    30s
  • Q9
    when the wind picks up dirt and dust and moves it from one place to another
    wind erosion
    30s
  • Q10
    The area subject to flooding during a given number of years according to historical trends.
    Floodplain
    30s
  • Q11
    The end of a river where rich deposits of silt build up. This is important to human habitation due to the excellent source of good farmland.
    river delta
    30s
  • Q12
    a fan-shaped mass of material deposited when the slope of the land decreases sharply
    alluvial fan
    30s
  • Q13
    water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers
    Groundwater
    30s
  • Q14
    A hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind
    dune
    30s
  • Q15
    A wind-formed deposit made of fine particles of clay and silt
    Loess
    30s

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