1. By Kayleigh Manansala 6th Period
Vocab CH.12
By Kayleigh Manansala
6th Period

2. Shoreline
A boundary between water and land

3. Beach
An area of the shore line that is made up of deposited sediment.

4. Saltation
The movement of sand or other sediments by short jumps and bounces that is caused by wind or water.

5. Deflation
A form of wind erosion which fine ,dry soil particles are blown away.

6. Abrasion
The grinding and wearing of ground surfaces by other rocks or sand particles

7. Loess
Fine grained sediments of quartz, feldspar, hornblende, mica, and clay deposited by the wind

8. Dune
A mound of wind-deposited sand that moves as a result of the action of wind.

9. Glacier
A large mass of moving ice

10. Glacial drift
The rock material carried and deposited by glaciers

11. Till
Unsorted rock material that is deposited directly by a melting glacier.

12. Stratified Drift
A glacial deposit that has been sorted and layered that has been acted by streams or meltwater.

13. Mass movement
The movement of a large mass of sediment or a section of land down a slope

14. Rock fall
the rapid mass movement of rock down a steep slope or cliff

15. Landslide
the sudden movement of rock and soil down a slope.

16. Mudflow
the flow of a mass of mud or rock and soil mixed with a lot of water.

17. Creep
the slow downhill movement of weathered rock material