Weathering And Erosion Flashcards
What is physical weathering ??
Breaking down rock physically it involves with rock being scraped, warn down, or split apart
What does weathering mean ???
Breaking down rock
What is Chemical weathering ??
Changing the cemical composition
What is Erosion ??
Sediment move to place to place
Sediment
Bits of rock
Composion
What something is made of
Abrasion
When a surface is scrape and worn down by friction
Water abrasion
When water in a stream lifts small rock and move them down stream
Ice wedging
Water seep into cracks in the rock freezes and expanded
Glaciers
A large body of moving ice
Oxidation
Water reacts to the iron in the rock and it form rust
Solution
minerals desolved in water and get carry away
Deposition
The process in which eroded materials sediment Is put down
Sedimentation
Bulit up
Erratic
A rock or Boulder that is diffient form the other