Weathering Vocabulary

2. accumulation of till deposited by a glacier
5. the wearing away of or changing the appearance or texture of (something) by long exposure to the elements
8. the top layer of soil
11. forms when a meander is cut off from the rest of the river
16. a shallow, sediment-filled body of water
18. a freshwater stream that flows into a larger stream or river
19. a form of mechanical weathering in which curved plates of rock are stripped from rock below.
20. an area where precipitation collects and drains into a larger body of water
21. body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight
23. sediments, soil and rocks are added to a landform or land mass
25. an area of land that captures rainfall and funnels it to a lake/stream/wetland
26. an ice mass that covers less than 50,000 km² of land area
27. a winding curve or bend of a river or road.
29. small hill composed of stratified sand

1. the process of scraping or wearing away.
3. the movement of surface material caused by gravity
4. soil and rock particles are worn away
6. an area of low-lying ground adjacent to a river, formed mainly of river sediments and subject to flooding
7. formed when a glacier travels across and down a slope
9. a specific layer in soil that is different from the layers above and below it
10. formed by glacial erosion
12. deposit of sand and gravel carried by running water from the melting ice of a glacier and laid down in stratified deposits
13. the reaction of a substance with oxygen
14. caused by industrial burning of coal and fossil fuels
15. small hill consisting of compacted boulder clay molded by past glacial action
17. a chemical reaction happening between the minerals found in the rock and rainwater.
22. rock debris
24. a glacial episode during a past geological period
28. a long, narrow, winding ridge composed of stratified sand. Deposited by a glacial meltwater stream