Erosion Flashcards
What is soil?
a mixture of weathered rock particles
What type of climate produces the best soil for crops?
Temperate
What is the process of breaking rocks into sediments?
Weathering
What is the process of moving sediments?
Erosion
What is the process of placing sediments in a new location?
Deposition
How are sediments eroded?
Water, wind, and ice
What is the downhill movement of masses of rock and soil?
mass wasting
What two things does mass wasting depend on?
type of material and speed of movement
What are sudden, fast movement of rock and soil?
Landslides
What is the movement of debris and large amounts of rain?
Mudflow
What is a single unit of soil that drops after a heavy rain?
slump
What is the slowest form of mass wasting that is seen by tilted objects that have moved because the soil moved?
Creep
