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| the material which is moved by erosion |
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| when natural forces move rock and soil from one place to another. landslides, gravity, running water, glaciers and waves and wind can all cause erosion |
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| when the sediment is laid down in a new place. |
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| landslides, mudslides, slump and creep are all examples. This is when lots of sediment is moved downhill. |
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| large groove or channel in the soil that carries runoff after a rainstorm |
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| all the rest of the water that moves over the surface of the Earth |
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| tiny groves in the soil from the runoff. draw a picture: |
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| a channel which water runs through is a stream. A river is a large stream. |
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| a stream that flows into a larger stream. Draw a picture: |
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| the land area which has water that flows into a river and the tributaries. Draw a picture: |
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| the high ground between 2 drainage basins. Draw a picture: |
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| the flat, wide area along a river. This is the land that would flood if the river gets too full |
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| a bend in a river like a loop. Draw a picture: |
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| when a river floods, an oxbow lake may form. Draw a picture: |
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| when a river floods, an oxbow lake may form. Draw a picture: |
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| It looks like a fan. It is a wide sloping deposit of sediment that forms when a stream flows down from a mountain range. |
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| sediment that is deposited when a river flows into an ocean or lake. |
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In a cave, the deposit that looks like an icicle. Draw a picture:
Think tite=ice |
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| inside a cave, the cone-shaped deposits that build up on the floor. |
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| A narea that has lots of caverns, caves and sinkholes. |
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| The ability to do work or cause change |
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| energy that is stored and waiting to be used. When you are on the line of scrimage you have lots of potential energy waiting to be used to tackle someone. |
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| the energy an object has due to its motion. When you are running down the field, you are using kinetic energy |
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| when rocks are worn away by grinding action. This happens when bits of sediment are bumped again and again. |
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| the amount of sediment that a river carries |
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| the force of of moving one surface against another. Rub your hands together. This is friction |
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| Instead of flowing in one direction, the water in a river flows many different ways. |
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