Erosion Vocabulary
In compo book (definition, sentence and picture)
1. GLACIER- large moving mass of ice and snow
2. EROSION PREVENTION – ways to prevent erosion ex: no-till farming, contour farming, terracing.
3. EROSION- process in which surface materials are worn away and transported or moved from one
place to another
4. GRAVITY – force that causes sediment and rock to move to lower elevations over time.
5. MASS MOVEMENT – any type of erosion that happens as gravity moves materials downslope. Ex:
creep, rockslides, mudflows, and slump.