Weathering and Erosion study guide

The moving and removal of rock particles

• chemical weathering

• creep

• erosion

The breaking down of rock into rock particles

• loess

• abrasion

• weathering

The dark colored material that forms as plants and animals decay

• soil

• loess

• humus

The type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces

• mechanical weathering

• mass movement

• chemical weathering

The loose weathered material on Earth's surface

• sediment

• soil

• mudflow

pieces of rock or soil and remains of plants and animals that are moved by erosion

• sediment

• deflation

• mudflow

The type of weathering in which rocks go through chemical changes

• deflation

• chemical weathering

• mechanical weathering

occurs when agents of erosion lay down sediment

• weathering

• deposition

• landslide

The process by which wind removes surface material

• plucking

• abrasion

• deflation

large areas of land moved downhill by gravity

• mass movement

• mudflow

• landslide