Match the following vocabulary words with the correct definitions.

Geography

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Arisa [49]3 years ago

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Answer:

abrasion (5) , Deposition (6), liquefaction (1), Backwash (4), Swash (3), moraine (2)

Explanation:

When the air, the rain pass through a rock, by passing the time, will take of some of this material, this is abrasion.

Deposition, is when a part of material is getting together in the bottom of a river.

Liquefaction, when water particles inside soil, move and start to have a different arrangement that can not support weight at the top of the soil.

When a wave arrive to the beach, the movement is called swash, when the water returns to the sea, the movement is called backwash.

Moraine is the print of a glacier, when it dissapear, the shape that leads behind in soil is the moraine.

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