Chapter 5, 6, and 7 Project

6. Occurs when rocks or rock fragments fall freely through the air.
7. The volume of water flowing past a certain point in a given unit of time in a stream.
10. The once narrow V-shaped valley is changed into a U-shaped valley.
11. A mixture of clay, silt, and sand.
12. Windblown silt that blankets the landscape.
13. Plants absorb water and release it into the atmosphere.
17. A period of time when much of Earth's land is covered in glaciers.
18. Also known as horizon A.
20. A stream in a board, flat-bottomed valley that is near its base level often develops a course with many bends.

1. An accumulation of sediment formed where a stream enters a lake or ocean.
2. The movement of surface water into rock or soil through cracks and pore spaces.
3. Ice masses that slowly advance down valleys that were originally occupied by streams.
4. Weathering produces a layer of rock and mineral fragments.
5. Part of a stream's load of solid material that is made up of sediment too large to be carried in suspension.
8. The slowest type of mass movement.
9. During a flood the river overflows its banks into the plain.
14. The lowest elevation in a particular area that remains covered in snow year round.
15. A block of material moves suddenly along a flat, inclined surface.
16. A naturally formed underground chamber.
19. The part of the regolith that supports the growth of plants.