Weathering, Erosion, & Deposition Vocabulary

1. The process by which natural forces break down rocks

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Fossils

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What is Acid Precipitation?

• the breakdown or decomposition of rock that takes place when minerals change through chemical processes

• the reaction with rock minerals with oxygen, changing the composition of the rock. Example: rust

• Rain, sleet, or snow made acidic  by atmospheric pollution causing environmental harm.

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What is Chemical Weathering?

• Rain, sleet, or snow made acidic  by atmospheric pollution causing environmental harm.

• the breakdown or decomposition of rock that takes place when minerals change through chemical processes

• an area of wetland dominated by plants such as grasses, sedges, and rushes. It often floods.

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The reaction with rock minerals with oxygen, changing the composition of the rock. Example: rust

• Precipitation

• Palpitation

• Oxidation

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1. The chemical breakdown of a substance when combined with water is ....

• Topolysis

• Hydrolysis

• Geologist

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The breakdown of rock into smaller pieces of the same material without any change in its composition

• Mechanical Weathering

• Chemical Weathering

• Transformers Weathering

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The process of wearing something down by friction

• Abrasion

• Exfoliation

• Delta

1.  In geology, the process in which layer or sheets of rock gradually break off

• Abrasion

• Exfoliation

• Delta

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 The physical breakdown of rock by water getting into cracks in the rocks and freezing.

• Fossils

• Frost Wedging

• Barrier Island

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A nearly flat plain of alluvial deposit between diverging branches of the mouth of a river; not necessarily triangular.

• Barrier Island

• Fossil

• Delta

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