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Wheatering and Erosion

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Weathering A mechanical or chemical surface process that breaks down rocks into smaller piecces
mechanical weathering breaks rocks into smaller pieeces without changing the them chemically
chemical weathering when the chemical composition of rocks of rocks change
SOIL THE MIXTURE OF WEATHERED ROCK, ORGANIC MATTER, WATER, AIR THAT SUPPORTS THE GROWTH OF PLANT LIFE
EROSION wearing away andremoval of rocks or sidiiment
mass movement when gravity alone causes rock or sediment to move down a slope
creep` sediments move slowly downhill freezing and thawing occur as ice ,expanding it pushes sediments up then as soil th thaws sediments push further down
slump mass of rock or sediment moves downhill, leaving a curved scar
deflation the erosion by wind
abrasion form of erosion that can make pits in rocks and produces smoth and polished surfaces
run-off water that flows over Earths skurface
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