Hulsey: Chapter 12 Science Vocabulary

the boundary between land and a body of water

an area of the shoreline made up of material deposited by waves

the movement of sand or other sediments by short jumps and bounces that is caused by wind or water

a form of wind erosion in which fine, dry soil particles are blown away

the grinding and wearing away of rock surfaces through the mechanical action of other rock or sand particles

very fine sediments deposited by the wind

a mound of wind-deposited sand that keeps its shape even though it moves

a large mass of moving ice

the rock material carried and deposited by glaciers

unsorted rock material that is deposited directly by a melting glacier

a glacial deposit that has been sorted and layered by the action of streams or meltwater

a movement of a section of land down a slope

a group of loose rocks that fall down a steep slope

the sudden movement of rock and soil down a slope

the flow of a mass of mud or rock and soil mixed with a large amount of water

the slow downhill movement of weathered rock material