Weathering Erosion and Deposition Vocabulary

A large mass of slow-moving ice that flows down a slope.

• erosion
• delta
• weathering
• glacier

__________ is the breaking.

• erosion
• weathering
• deposition
• glacier

A large mass of deposited sediment at the mouth of a river.

• delta
• glacier
• erosion
• deposition

The DROPPING of sediment by wind, water, ice, or gravity.

• weathering
• erosion
• deposition
• delta

The MOVEMENT of weathered rock material from one place to another.

• weathering
• erosion
• deposition
• glacier

The slow BREAKING apart or wearing away of rock into smaller pieces.

• weathering
• erosion
• deposition
• glacier

________ is the moving.

• deposition
• weathering
• delta
• erosion

_______ is the dropping.

• deposition
• delta
• erosion
• weathering

The river flowed, dropped its sediment, and formed a _______ at the mouth of the river.

• weathering

• delta

• glacier

• erosion

The slow-moving _______ deposited sediment along the mountain.

• glacier

• delta

• weathering

• deposition