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| The wearing away of land of water, wind, waves, and ice |
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| Process that breaks up rocks and causes them to decay |
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| Small particles of mud, sand, or gravel created Earth's surface |
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| A thick mass of ice that moves slowly across the Earth's surface |
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| A hill of wind-deposited sand |
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| Melted liquid rock, or magma, from within the earth's surface |
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| The opening in the earth's crust through which lava flows; the surface feature created by the lava |
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| A feature of the earth's crust created by the bending of rock layers |
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| A feature of the earth's crust by breaking and movement of rock layers below the surface |
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| The shockwaves, or vibrations, caused by movement along a fault |
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| A shape on the earth's surface |
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| A nearly flat area of land |
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| The difference in elevation between the top and bottom of a landform |
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| A landform at level ground built by sediment deposited by a river |
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| A fan shaped deposit of sediments located at the base of a mountain |
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| The landform at the mouth of a river formed by deposits of sediment |
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| Large masses of rock raised by volcanic eruptions and other forces |
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| Developed from primary landforms due to erosion |
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Slow and often impossible to dectect
Some weather is like tooth decay some is like chipping or breaking a tooth
Sediment and rocks move due to gravity or is removed by erosion |
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Most powerful force of erosion and transportation
Water can cause gullies and canyons |
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| Huge ice sheet covering vast areas; Moving and destroying everything in its path while protecting the ground underneath Found today in Greenland and Antarctica |
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| Smaller and more common than sheet glaciers; formed from snow that does not melt in summer. Found throughout the world |
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| Like water, wind also erodes rock and transport sediment b) There is the greatest amount of wind erosion where there are fewer plants, such as beachers and deserts |
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| Inner to Outer: Inner Core, Core, Mantle, Crust |
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| A)Earth's surface is bent and broken by movements in the crust and upper mantle b)Heat currents move up from the core, melting parts of the mantle, causing crust to rise, and sometimes causing lava to break through. |
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| Primary and Secondary Landforms |
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| Older landforms are smoother and roudner than younger landforms |
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| a) Landforms made of rock, with thin layer of sediment and soil, slowly lowere due to erosion. Ex: Plains, Plateaus B) Landforms formed by sediment deposited by water, wind, or ice. C) Landforms caused by tectonic activities. D) Creates landform; deposition and erosion. Terrain is usually comprised of all 3 types of landforms |
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