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WorksheetsWeathering and Mass Movement Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 8mins
the breaking down of rocks and minerals on earth's surface. Often due to physical and chemical processes
Weathering
Erosion
Earth System
Surface Process
A chemical reaction in which a material combines with oxygen to form a new material; in geology, oxidation is a form of chemical weathering.
Oxidation
Weatherin
Chemical Weathering
None of the above
Process in which earth materials settle out of a moving fluid (air or water) and are added to a landform or land mass, like a beach or shoreline or the mouth of a river
Weathering
Sediment
Deposition
Longshore Current
__________________ is a process that weathers rock without a chemical reaction or change.
Mechanical weathering
Chemical weathering
Deposition
frost wedging
Involves a reaction; a new substance is created
physical weathering
chemical weathering
Peeling off of outer layers of rock.
Exfoliation
Oxidation
Hydration
Frost action
