Weathering and Erosion

chemical or mechanical process of breaking down rocks

• Weathering
• Exfoliation
• Frost wedging
• Soil

Process that breaks down rocks and minerals into smaller pieces but doesn't change composition.

• Gully erosion
• Deposition
• Erosion
• Mechanical weathering

Process that occurs when water repeatedly freezes and thaws. 

• Residual soil
• Frost wedging
• Erosion
• Oxidation

Process where outer rock layers are stripped away. 

• Soil horizon
• Deposition
• Exfoliation
• Rill erosion

process where rock and minerals undergo changes in composition.

• Chemical weathering
• Frost wedging
• Soil profile
• Exfoliation

Chemical reaction of Oxygen with other substances. 

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Oxidation
• Transported soil

Removal and transport of weathered materials from one location to another.

• Erosion
• Deposition
• Weathering
• Chemical weathering

Occurs when eroded materials are dropped in another location

• Weathering
• Exfoliation
• Deposition
• Frost wedging

Erosion in which water running down the side of a slope carves a small stream channel. 

• Chemical weathering
• Rill erosion
• Residual soil
• Deposition

Erosion that occurs when a rill channel widens and deepens. 

• Gully erosion
• Exfoliation
• Mechanical weathering
• Transported soil