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Earth's surface
Chapter 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Uniformitarianism | he theory that changes in the earth's crust during geological history have resulted from the action of continuous and uniform. processes. |
| Erosion | the proscess of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents. |
| Weathering | wear away or change the appearance or texture of somthing by long exposure to the air. |
| mechanical weather | also called physical weathering and disaggregation, causes rocks to crumble. Water, in either liquid or solid form, is often a key agent of mechanical weathering. |
| chemical weathering | the process that breaks down rock through cemical changes |
| abrasion | Grinding away rock with other rock parrticals and water |
| frost wedging | the process when water seeps into rock and freezes and starts to split the rock. |
| oxidation | Oxidation is the reaction of a substance with oxygen. This is the process that causes rust. When iron in rocks reacts with oxygen, it forms iron oxide, |
| permeable | allowing liquids or gases to pass through it. |