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Section 1

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Water from precipitation that flows over the land

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earth flow

Front

The movement of wet soil down a slope

Back

Glacier

Front

A larger mass of moving ice that forms on land and remains from year to year

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Hydrolysis

Front

The breaking down of a substance by a chemical reaction with water

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Till

Front

Unsorted rocks and sediments left behind when a glacier melts

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Erratic

Front

A peice or till that is not native to the place where it was deposited

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Moraine

Front

An accumulated deposit of till

Back

Oxidation

Front

A chemical change in which a substance combines with oxygen

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Regolith

Front

A loose layer of rock and soil

Back

ice welding

Front

The mechanical weathering process in which water in the cracks of rocks freezes and expands,widening the cracks

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soil creep

Front

The extremely slow downhill slide of soil

Back

Drumlin

Front

A long tear shaped mound of till

Back

mechanical weathering

Front

the breaking down of rocks by physical processes

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Floodplain

Front

A flat area along a river formed by sediments deposited when a river overflows

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deflation hollow

Front

A soil depression scooped out by the wind

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rock pedestal

Front

a mushroom-shaped rock formed by the erosion of the rock's base

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Gully

Front

A narrow ditch cut in the earth by runoff

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Abrasion

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The wearing down of rock surfaces by other rocks or sand particles

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Channel

Front

the path that a stream follows

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mass wasting

Front

The downhill movement of rocks and soil caused by gravity

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Carbonation

Front

The process in which carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or soil dissolves in water to form carbonic acid

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Topography

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The surface features of a place or region

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landslide

Front

The rapid downhill movement of a large amount of rock and soil

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Mudflow

Front

The rapid downhill movement of a large mass of mud and debris

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chemical weathering

Front

The breaking down of rocks by chemical processes

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Glacial drift

Front

The general term for any sediment deposited by a glacier

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