Chapter 3-Erosion and Deposition

1. A wind-formed deposit made of fine particles of clay and silt.
6. The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered particles of rock and soil.
7. A ridge formed by the till deposited at the edge of a glacier.
8. Any large mass of ice that moves slowly over land.
10. Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations.
11. A column-like form that grows upward from the floor of a cavern.
14. A long, narrow glacier that forms when snow and ice buildup in a mountain valley.
16. The process by which a glacier picks up rocks as it flows over the land.
19. A part of the shore that sticks out into the ocean.
20. A landform made of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake.
24. A glacier that covers much of a continent or large island.
27. The force that moves objects downhill.
29. A looplike bend in the course of a river.
30. Wave-washed sediment along a coast.
31. The process by which wind removes surface materials.
32. Time in Earth’s history during which glaciers covered large parts of the surface.
34. A channel through which water is continually flowing downhill.

2. An icicle-like structure that hangs from the ceiling of a cavern.
3. Earth materials deposited by erosion.
4. The sediments deposited directly by a glacier.
5. Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers.
9. Water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground.
12. A stream or river that flows into a larger river.
13. The flat, wide area of land along a river.
15. The movement of sediment along a beach.
17. A wide, sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain range.
18. A region in which a layer of limestone close to the surface creates deep valleys, caverns, and sinkholes.
21. A tiny groove in soil made by flowing water.
22. Any one of several processes by which gravity moves sediment downhill.
23. A beach formed by longshore drift that projects like a finger out into the water.
25. A meander cut off from a river.
26. A deposit of wind-blown sand.
28. A small depression that forms when a chunk of ice is left in glacial till.
33. A large channel in soil that carries runoff after a rainstorm.