| Angles | Weathering | Triangles | Erosion and Deposition by Water | Erosion and Deposition by Wind, Ice, and Gravity |
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What is an interior angle?
angle formed on the inside of parallel lines cut by a transversal
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What is abrasion?
the breaking down and wearing away of rock material by the mechanical action of other rock
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What is an equilateral triangle?
all sides are congruent
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What is deposition?
the process by which eroded material is dropped
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What is a creep?
the extremely slow movement of material downslope
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What is an exterior angle?
angle formed on the outside of parallel lines cut by a transversal
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What is oxidation?
the process by which other chemicals combine with oxygen
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What is an isosceles triangle?
two sides of the triangle are congruent
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What is a floodplain?
many layers of deposited sediment that formed a flat area
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What is an alpine glacier?
a glacier that forms in a mountainous area
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What is a vertical angle?
angle formed when two lines intersect, always congruent
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What is physical weathering?
the process by which rock is broken down into smaller pieces by physical changes
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What is a scalene triangle?
no sides are the same
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What is groundwater?
the water located within the rocks below Earth's surface
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What is a glacial drift?
all of the materials carried and deposited by a glacier
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What is a complementary angle?
two angles that add up to 90°
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What is chemical weathering?
the breakdown of rock by chemical reactions
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What is a similar triangle?
triangle with the same angles but not always the same size
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What is a shoreline?
a place where land and a body of water meet
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What are dunes?
mounds of wind-deposited sand
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What is a supplementary angle?
two angles that add up to 180°
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What is acid precipitation?
when strong acids fall to Earth
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What is an obtuse triangle?
one angle is more than 90°
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What is a delta?
a fan-shaped pattern that streams deposit their loads in
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What is deflation?
the removal of fine sediment by wind
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