Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition
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| another term for mechanical weathering | physical weathering
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| key words for weathering | "breaks down", "wearing down"
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| key words for erosion | "moving", "washing away", "carrying away" --anything that causes movement
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| key words for deposition | "forming", "drops"
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| examples of mechanical weathering | ice wedging, root wedging, glaciers scraping, water breaking down, gravity, animals burrowing
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| examples of chemical weathering | rust (oxidation), acid rain, cave formed by dissolved limestone
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| another word for rust | oxidation
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| How does climate affect weathering? | It affects the rate of weathering and can cause it to happen faster. Tornadoes, lots of rain, lots of snow, and strong winds can cause weathering to happen faster.
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| What is root wedging? | when roots of plants break up the earth
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| How does ice wedging cause weathering? | The water freezes and thaws, causing the ground to crack.
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| What is abrasion? | the grinding away of rock by other rocks
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| four agents of erosion | wind, water, ice (glaciers), gravity
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| What is runoff? | water that doesn't soak into the ground
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| What is deposition? | the dropping of sediments that have been carried by erosion
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| What is weathering? | the breaking down of rocks
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| What is erosion? | the processes that move sediments from one place to another
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| five environments of deposition | marsh, river, delta, barrier island, beach
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