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Sasser S6E5f
Earth Science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| erosion | the process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another |
| gravity | the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass |
| depositon | the process in which material is laid down |
| exfoliation | is the process in which rocks weather by peeling off in sheets rather than eroding grain by grain |
| frost wedging | Fracturing of rock by the expansionary pressure associated with the freezing of water in planes of weakness or in pore spaces |
| weathering | the process by which rock materials are broken down by the action of physical or chemical processes. |
| dissolution | is to crumble extensively |
| hydrolysis | takes place when acid rain reacts with rock-forming minerals such as feldspar to produce clay and salts that are removed in solution |
| oxidation | is the process when oxygen combines with an element, changing the appearance of the element. When iron reacts with oxygen and changes to rust, |
| mechanical weathering | is the breakdown of rock into smaller pieces by physical means |
| chemical weathering | the process by which rocks break down as a result of chemical reactions |
| thermal expansion | increase in linear dimensions of a solid or in volume of a fluid because of rise in temperature |
| biological weathering | is the weakening and subsequent disintegration of rock by plants, animals and microbes. Growing plant roots can exert stress or pressure on rock. |
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