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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| weathering | The natural process by which atmosphere and environmental agents, such as wind, rain, and temperature changes, disintegrate and decompose. |
| physical weather | The mechanical breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces that is caused by natural processes and that does not change the rock material. |
| abrasion chemical weathering | The process by which rock is reduced in size by scraping action of other rocks driven by water and gravity, |
| oxidation | The chemical breakdown and decomposition of rocks by natural processes in the environment. |
| acid precipitation | A chemical reaction in which a new material; in geology, oxidation is a form of chemical weathering. |
| erosion | precipitation, such as rain, sleet, or snow, that contains a high consideration of acids, often because of the pollution of the atmosphere. |
| deposition | |
| floodplain | |
| delta | |
| alluvia fan | |
| ground water | |
| shareline | |
| beach | |
| sandbar | |
| barrier | |
| dune | |
| ioess | |
| glacier | |
| glacial drift | |
| creep | |
| reckfall | |
| landslide | |
| mudflow | |
| mountain | |
| lake | |
| river | |
| coastline |