Weathering Vocabulary

The breaking down of rock by wind, water, or ice

• physical weathering

• biological weathering

• chemical weathering

• atmosphere

One of the four Earth spheres which encompasses all the water on the plant.

• biosphere

• atmosphere

• hydrophere

• geosphere

One of the four Earth spheres which encompasses all the living things on the planet.

• biosphere

• atmosphere

• hydrophere

• geosphere

One of the four Earth spheres which encompasses all the rock, minerals, and soil on the planet.

• biosphere

• atmosphere

• hydrophere

• geosphere

One of the four Earth spheres which encompasses all the gases on the planet.

• biosphere

• atmosphere

• hydrophere

• geosphere

The breaking down of rock, minerals, or soils by a living thing (usually plants)

• biological weathering

• chemical weathering

• physical weathering

• synthetic weathering