Weathering and Erosion

When rocks are broken down into smaller pieces

• erosion
• weathering
• sediment

Particles of rock, sand, soil, plant and animal remains

• erosion
• sediment
• weathering

When water, ice and wind move particles of rock and soil from one place to another

• sediment
• weathering
• erosion

A mass of ice that covers a large area and moves slowly

• gravity
• glacier
• sediment

The force that attracts objects to each other

• erosion
• gravity
• glacier

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

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

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

• mechanical weathering
• chemical weathering
• erosion
• deposition

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

• exfoliation
• abrasion
• erosion
• deposition

the process of wearing down by friction - like sand blasting

• exfoliation

• abrasion

• erosion

• deposition

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

• chemical weathering
• mechanical weathering
• erosion
• deposition