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catastrophic events

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tornado   a mobile,destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system.  
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hurricane   a hurricane is an intense tropical storm with powerful and heavy rains.  
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flood   a great flowing or over flowing of water especially over land not usually submerged.  
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earth quake   a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction as a result of movements within the earths crust or volcanic action  
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tsunami   a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide,or other event.  
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biological weathering   breaking down of rocks by activities of living organisms.  
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catastrophic event   a violent usually destructive natural occurrence.  
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chemical weathering   breaking down of rocks by chemical process or changes.  
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deposition   process by which weathered and eroded material deposed by wind or water  
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erosion   weathered material is moved by wind,water or ice.  
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physical weathering (mechanical)   breacking d  
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tornado   a mobile,destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system.  
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hurricane   a hurricane is an intense tropical storm with powerful and heavy rains.  
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flood   a great flowing or over flowing of water especially over land not usually submerged.  
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earth quake   a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction as a result of movements within the earths crust or volcanic action  
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tsunami   a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide,or other event.  
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biological weathering   breaking down of rocks by activities of living organisms.  
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catastrophic event   a violent usually destructive natural occurrence.  
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chemical weathering   breaking down of rocks by chemical process or changes.  
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deposition   process by which weathered and eroded material deposed by wind or water  
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erosion   weathered material is moved by wind,water or ice.  
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physical weathering (mechanical)   breaking rocks physical pressure grinding shattering  
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weathering   process which exposed rock are broken down. may be caused by wind watered physical chemical biological.  
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