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21 Cards in this Set
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physical features on Earth's surface
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landforms
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mountains/landforms
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Names of three kinds of landforms shaped by wind erosion in the American Southwest
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tables, arches, columns
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tables, arches, columns/dunes, beaches, cliffs
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A kind of mass movement when a large hole in the ground opens suddenly formed after rock under the surface has dissolved or become weak.
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sinkhole
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canyon/sinkhole
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A kind of weak acid that is formed by when rain seeping into the ground combines with carbon dioxide from the air
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carbonic acid
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carbonic acid/sulfuric acid
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A narrow chasm with steep cliff walls, cut into the earth by a fast flowing river
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canyon
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canyon/u-shaped valley
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Crescent-shaped body of water formed when a river changes course and its flow cuts off a broad loop
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oxbow lake
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floodplain/oxbow lake
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Downhill shifting of rock and soil because of gravity
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mass movement
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weathering/mass movement
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Flat areas along the banks of rivers where sediment is deposited
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flood plains
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delta/floodplains
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Ice sheets that cover large areas of Earth
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continental glaciers
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continental glaciers/valley glaciers
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Kind of glaciers found in high mountain valleys
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valley glaciers
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continental glaciers/valley glaciers
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Landform created after a valley glacier has passed through a mountain valley
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U-shaped valley
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canyon/U-shaped valley
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Large mounds of sand created by wind erosion
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dunes
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dunes/beaches
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Long ridges of soil and rock left behind at the lower end of glaciers when they melt
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terminal moraines
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dunes/terminal moraines
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Mass movement where soil moves SLOWLY downhill because of gravity
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creep
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landslide/creep
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New land created when some rivers deposit sediment in broad areas at their mouths
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delta
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delta/flood plain
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One of the largest deltas in the world that is located in North America
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Mississippi River Delta
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Mississippi River Delta/Nile Delta
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Places formed along a shore where sediment from weathered cliffs that was eroded by waves was deposited as new sand
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beaches
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dunes/beaches
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Process in which soil, sand, and sediment are formed
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weathering
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erosion/weathering
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Process of dropping sediment in a new location
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deposition
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erosion/deposition
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Process of moving sediment from one place to another
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erosion
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erosion/deposition
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Silt, sand, clay and other tiny pieces of broken rock
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sediment
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deposition/sediment
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