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catastrophic events
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| tornado | a mobile,destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system. |
| hurricane | a hurricane is an intense tropical storm with powerful and heavy rains. |
| flood | a great flowing or over flowing of water especially over land not usually submerged. |
| earth quake | a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction as a result of movements within the earths crust or volcanic action |
| tsunami | a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide,or other event. |
| biological weathering | breaking down of rocks by activities of living organisms. |
| catastrophic event | a violent usually destructive natural occurrence. |
| chemical weathering | breaking down of rocks by chemical process or changes. |
| deposition | process by which weathered and eroded material deposed by wind or water |
| erosion | weathered material is moved by wind,water or ice. |
| physical weathering (mechanical) | breacking d |
| tornado | a mobile,destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system. |
| hurricane | a hurricane is an intense tropical storm with powerful and heavy rains. |
| flood | a great flowing or over flowing of water especially over land not usually submerged. |
| earth quake | a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction as a result of movements within the earths crust or volcanic action |
| tsunami | a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide,or other event. |
| biological weathering | breaking down of rocks by activities of living organisms. |
| catastrophic event | a violent usually destructive natural occurrence. |
| chemical weathering | breaking down of rocks by chemical process or changes. |
| deposition | process by which weathered and eroded material deposed by wind or water |
| erosion | weathered material is moved by wind,water or ice. |
| physical weathering (mechanical) | breaking rocks physical pressure grinding shattering |
| weathering | process which exposed rock are broken down. may be caused by wind watered physical chemical biological. |