Weathering and Erosion

Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rocks or pavement apart

• Ice Wedging

• Hydration

• Oxidation

• Thermal Expansion

Wind blowing sand from one location to another

• Weathering
• Erosion

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Wind blasting sand at rock and carving out arches

• Weathering
• Erosion

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The process by which small pieces of rocks and soil are carried away to new locations is called...

• weathering
• erosion

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How does freezing water cause the weathering of rocks?  The freezing water—

• keeps the rocks in place
• makes the rocks last longer
• expands cracks and breaks rocks
• causes rocks to fall in landslides

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the general terms for the movement of sediment by wind, water, glaciers

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

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the breakdown of rock into smaller pieces of the same rock without any change in its composition

• mechanical weathering
• chemical weathering
• erosion
• deposition

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the process by which layers or sheets of rock gradually break off

• exfoliation
• abrasion
• erosion
• deposition

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the process of wearing down by friction - like sand blasting

• exfoliation

• abrasion

• erosion

• deposition

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the breakdown or decomposition of rock that takes place when minerals change through chemical processes

• chemical weathering
• mechanical weathering
• erosion
• deposition

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