Match the following vocabulary words with the correct definitions.

1. weakening of oversaturated soil caused by seismic waves - - - abrasion

2. accumulation of unsorted rock and sediment deposited by a glacier - - - deposition

3. water that flows onto the shore after a wave has broken - - - liquefaction

4. water that flows back into the ocean after a wave has broken - - - backwash

5. wearing away or grinding by friction - - - swash

6. placement of weathered rock and sediment by erosion - - - moraine

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.