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Science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| uniformitarianism | Geologic processes that operate today operated in the past. |
| Erosion | is the wearing down and carrying away of rocks. |
| weathering | is the process that breaks down rocks and other substances . |
| mechanical weathering | When a rock is physically broken into smaller pieces . |
| chemical weathering | the process that breaks down rocks through chemical changes. |
| Abrosion | refers to the wearing away of rock by rock particles carried by water, ice, wind or gravity. |
| frost wedging | when ice melts water seeps into the cracks deeper. |
| oxidation | is when iron combines with oxygen. |