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vocabulary *.*
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1 weathering | the chimecal or mechanical process by which rock is slowly broken down eventually becoming soil |
| 2 mechanical weathering | the acuual breaking up or physical weakning of rock by forces such as ice and roots |
| 3 chemical weathering | the process by which the actual chemical sturcture of rock is changed usually when water and carbon dioxside cause a break down of the rock |
| 5 acid rain | rain whos high concentration of chemicals usually from industrial pollution, polluts water, kills plants and animal life and eats way stone, rocks |
| 6 erosion | the movement of weathered materials including gravel, soil, and sand. usually caused by water wind and glaciers |
| 7 sediment | particals of soil and rock carried and depoited by water wind or ice |
| 8 loess | fine grained mineral rich loam dust or slit deposted by the wind |
| 9 glacier | a big frozen rock that drags rocks, dirt or other substance |
| 10 moraine | a ridglike mass of rock gravel sand and clay carried and deposred by glaciers |
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