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Earth's Surface
Earth's Surface Course Assessment study guide
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Weathering | The processes that break down rock and other substances. |
| Chemical weathering | Type of weathering that causes the mineral composition of rocks to change. |
| Abrasion | Agent of mechanical weathering in which rock is worn away by the action of other rock particles |
| Frost wedging | Mechanical weathering of rock by means of freezing and thawing. |
| Erosion | Process by which natural forces move weathered rock and soil from one place to another |
| Creep | Slow downhill mass movement of rock and soil |
| Delta | Landform created by water deposition |
| Glacier | Large mass of ice that slowly moves over land causing erosion and deposition. |
| Loess | Particles of clay and silt eroded and deposited by the wind |
| Deposition | Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations |
| Fossils | Preserved remains or traces of organisms that lived in the past. |