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What are LANDFORMS?

A

geomorphic features on Earth’s surface

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2
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What are some large landforms?

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  • plains
  • plateaus
  • mountains
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What are some minor landforms?

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  • hills

- valleys

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What are EXOGENIC PROCESSES?

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how landforms change on the Earth’s surface

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5
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What often assists exogenic processes?

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geomorphic agents

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What are examples of GEOMORPHIC AGENTS?

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  • flowing water
  • wind
  • moving ice
  • waves
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What are the different types of exogenic processes?

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  • erosion
  • transportation
  • deposition
  • mass-wasting
  • weathering
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What is EROSION?

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gradual destruction of materials and transportation elsewhere

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What is TRANSPORTATION?

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movement from a high-energy location to a low-energy location

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What is DEPOSITION?

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settling of sediments, soil, and rocks on a landmass

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What is MASS WASTING?

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gravity-induced downslope of rock material

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What is the sole, principal force of mass-wasting?

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gravity

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What is WEATHERING?

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the breakdown of rocks on Earth’s surface

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What are the types of weathering?

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  • physical

- chemical

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What are the PHYSICAL types of weathering?

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  • unloading
  • thermal expansion and contraction
  • freeze-thaw weathering
  • salt crystal growth
  • hydration
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What are the CHEMICAL types of weathering?

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  • oxidation
  • solution and carbonation
  • hydrolysis
17
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What is UNLOADING?

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underground rocks expand when they reach the surface, cracking in a sheeting structure

18
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What is FREEZE-THAW weathering?

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  • water in the crack of a rock freezes
  • expands 9%
  • breaks the rock apart
19
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What is SALT CRYSTAL GROWTH?

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  • water with dissolved salt accumulates
  • evaporates
  • salt crystals split rock apart
20
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What is HYDRATION?

A

water molecules attach to a mineral’s crystalline structure and make it expand

21
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What is freeze-thaw also called?

A

frost/ice wedging

22
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What happens when minerals are hydrated and dehydrated?

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  • expand

- shrink

23
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What is OXIDATION?

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O2 + substance = new product

24
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What is SOLUTION AND CARBONATION?

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CO2 + H2O = decomposition

25
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What is HYDROLYSIS?

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water + rocks = new compound

26
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What are fast materials?

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  • rock
  • snow
  • ice
  • earth
  • debris
  • mud
27
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What’s a slow material?

28
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What is SOIL?

A

thin and consolidated

29
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What is EARTH?

A

thicker soil

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