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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Weathering | The chemical processes that breaks down rock at Earth’s surface.and physical |
| Erosion | The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered rock or soil. |
| Uniformitarianism | The geologic principle that the same geologic processes that operate today operated in the past to change Earth’s surface. |
| Mechanical weathering | The type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces. |
| Abrasion | The grinding away of rock by other rock particles carried in water, ice or wind. |
| Ice wedging | The process that splits rock when water seeps into cracks, then freezes and expands. |
| Chemical weathering | The process that breaks down rock through chemical changes. |
| Weathering | The chemical processes that breaks down rock at Earth’s surface.and physical |
| Erosion | The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered rock or soil. |
| Uniformitarianism | The geologic principle that the same geologic processes that operate today operated in the past to change Earth’s surface. |
| Mechanical weathering | The type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces. |
| Abrasion | The grinding away of rock by other rock particles carried in water, ice or wind. |
| Ice wedging | The process that splits rock when water seeps into cracks, then freezes and expands. |
| Chemical weathering | The process that breaks down rock through chemical changes. |
| Oxidation | A chemical change in which a substance combines with oxygen, as when iron oxidizes forming rust |
| Permeable | Characteristic of a material that is full of tiny, connected air spaces that water can seep through. |