Soils, Rocks, and Landforms 1&2

What are small pieces of rock?

• Sand

• Sediments

• Gravel

• Pebbles

What is the process that breaks rocks down into smaller pieces of rock?

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Chemical Reaction

• Weathering

What is a mix of humus, sand, silt, clay, gravel, and/or pebbles?

(a)  

What is the process by which rocks are broken down by breaking and banging?

• Physical Weathering

• Abrasion

• Chemical Weathering

• Weathering

To become hard or stiffened due to the loss of heat.

• Expand

• Freeze

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Material made up of one or more minerals or organic matter.

(a)  

The process that takes weathered, eroded materials from one place to another by wind, water, or ice.

• Deposition

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Calcite

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The rubbing, grinding, and bumping of rocks that cause physical weathering.

• Physical Weathering

• Chemical Weathering

• Weathering

• Abrasion

A common rock-forming mineral in Earth's crust.

• Rock

• Silt

• Calcite

• Clay

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What is a Chemical Reaction?

• A process in which two or more materials mix in a way that forms new materials.

• A process by which the minerals in a rock can change due to chemicals in water and air.

• A process by which rocks are broken down by banging and breaking.

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