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Lesson 3 - Vocab
Unit 2
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Science
6th Grade
01/11/2015

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Term
Dune
Definition
Mounds of wind-deposited sand.
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Loess
Definition
Thick deposits of windblown, fine-grained sediment.
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Glacier
Definition
A large mass of moving ice that forms by the compacting of snow by natural forces.
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Glacial Drift
Definition
The general term for all of the materials carried and deposited by a glacier.
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Creep
Definition
The extremely slow movement of material down slope.
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Rock Fall
Definition
When loose rocks fall down a steep slope.
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Landslide
Definition
The sudden and rapid movement at a large amount of material down slope.
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Mudflow
Definition
A rapid movement of a large mass of mud.
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