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Soil Weathering and Erosion

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The process by which larger rocks crack and break apart over time to form smaller rocks.

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The process by which larger rocks crack and break apart over time to form smaller rocks.

physical weathering

The process by which rocks are broken down by breaking and banging.

An ingredient of a rock

The grinding away of rock by other rock particles carried in water, ice, or wind

A substance that geologists use to identify rocks that contain calcite.

To change in response to something

chemical weathering

The process by which the minerals in rock can change due to chemicals in water and air. It can cause rocks to break apart

When a material mixes uniformly into another

The carrying away of weathered earth materials by water, wind or ice.

The settling of sediments

sedimentPieces of weathered rock such as sand, deposited by wind water and ice.transportTo move or carry from one place to anotherfloodA large amount of water flowing over land that is usually dry.glaciersLarge masses of ice moving slowly over land.

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