Chapter 12 Vocabulary
1.Shoreline
3.Saltation
5.Loess
7.Glacier
9.Till
11.Mass movement
13.Landslide
15.creep
2.Beach
4.deflation
6.dune
8.glacial drift
10.stratified drift
12.rock fall
14.mudflow
1. shoreline- the boundary between land and a body of
water.
2. Beach – an area of the shoreline made up of material
deposited by waves.
3. Saltation – the movement of sand or other sediments by
short jumps and bounces that is caused by wind or water.
4. Deflation – a form of wind erosion in which fine, dry soil
particles are blown away.
5. Loess – very fine sediments deposited by the wind.
6. Dune – a mound of wind deposited sand that keeps its
shape even though it moves.
7. Glacier – a large mass of moving ice.
8. Glacial drift – the rock material carried and deposited
by glaciers
9. Till – unsorted rock material that is deposited directly
by a melting glacier.
10. Stratified drift – a glacial deposit that has been
sorted and layered by the action of streams or
meltwater.
11. Mass movement – a movement of a section of land
down a slope
12. Rock fall – a group of loose rocks that fall down a
steep slope
13. Landslide – the sudden movement of rock and soil
down a slope
14. Mudflow – the flow of a mass of mud or rock and soil
mixed with a large amount of water
15. Creep – the slow downhill movement of weathered
rock material