Types of weathering

Process by which rocks are broken down by the forces of nature.

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Metamorphism

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What is the name of this storm?

• Dust storm

• Saltation

• Creep

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When particles are too heavy to be lifted, they are rolled in shorts bursts:

• Suspension

• Saltation

• Creep

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Example of Physical weathering:

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Avalanche is a mass of ice and snow abruptly dislodging from a mountain face

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Is a valley glacier:

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Sea stack forms when a sea arch collapses, is an insolated column of rock.

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Is a hole in the ground that forms when the water dissolves surface rock.

• Mainland

• Sound

• Sinkhole

• Cave

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This picture represents:

• Delta

• Meanders

• Oxbow lake

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Example of chemical weathering:

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