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Weathering
Rocks and Weathering Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Erosion | is the process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered particles of rock and soil. |
| Mechanical Weathering | The type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces. |
| Chemical Weathering | The process that breaks down rock through chemical changes. |
| Abrasion | The grinding away of rock by other rock particles carried in water, ice, or wind. |
| Frost Wedging | Process that splits rock when water seeps into cracks, then freezes and expands. |
| Oxidation | A chemical change in which a substance combine with oxygen as when iron oxidizes, forming rust. |
| Permeable | Characteristic of a material that contains connected air spaces or pores, that water can seep through easily. |
| Deposition | Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations. |
| Sediment | Small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or the remains of organisms; earth materials deposited by erosion. |