Exogenic Processes Flashcards
Breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on the surface of the Earth
Weathering
Is a process that causes the disintegration of rocks, mineral, and soils without chemical change.
Physical Weathering
Physical Weathering is also called what
Mechanical Weathering
The process of chemicals in rainwater making changes to the minerals in a rock
Chemical weathering
Occurs when water comes into contact with rocks and dissolves the minerals that make up that rock into individual elements.
Dissolution
Occurs when oxygen reacts with other elements and electrons are transferred between the two elements
Oxidation
Chemical reaction of the interaction of chemicals with water, leading to the decomposition of both the substance and water
Hydrolysis
Is the geological process in which earthen materials are worn away and transported by natural forces such as wind or water. Separation and removal of weathered rocks due to different agents
Erosion
Mixture of grains, organic matter, H2O, and gas
Soil
Is found beneath the surface of the Earth. Extremely hot liquid and semi-liquid rock located under Earth’s surface.
Magma
Refer to changes that occur on the surface of the earth due to different energy sources.
Exogenic Processes
Breaking of rocks and their minerals into smaller pieces
Disintegration
Formation of a new substance out of the rocks or their mineral components
Transformation
Large mass of earth materials being moved by gravity along a slope
Mass wasting or Mass movement
The laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water, the sea, or ice. When earth materials settles in low lying areas.
Deposition
