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

Soil that has been moved away from its parent material by wind, water, gravity, or glacier. 

• Soil horizon

• Transported soil

• Exfoliation

• Deposition

What type of erosion causes landslides

• wind

• waves

• water

• gravity