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| The breakup of rock due to exposure to processes that occur at or near Earth's surface. |
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| The breakdown of rock that takes place when a rock is broken into smaller pieces of the same material without changing its composition. |
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| The breakdown or decomposition of rock that takes place when minerals are changed into different substances. |
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| A mechanical weathering process in which water freezes in the cracks of a rock and wedges it apart. |
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| The wearing away of rock material by grinding action. |
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| The peeling of surface layers from exposed bedrock. |
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| The chemical reaction of water with other substances. |
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| Rainwater that contains unusually high amounts of acids that can be traced back to pollutants, including sulfur dioxide, nitrogen compounds, and carbon dioxide. |
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| The chemical reaction of oxygen with other substances. |
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| The process in which water in the ground freezes and lifts the pavement above it. |
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| Rounded mountain peaks formed by exfoliation. |
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| An exfoliation dome in Georgia. |
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| An exfoliation dome near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
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| An exfoliation dome in Yosemite National Park, California. |
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| feldspar, hornblende, and augite |
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| Common minerals that undergo hydrolysis. |
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| A clay mineral formed when ions slowly react with water. |
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| A cave in Barbados, West Indies. Rainwater containing carbonic acid has dissolved limestone bedrock to form it. |
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| magnetite, pyrite, and the dark-colored ferromagnesian silicates- hornblende, augite, and biotite |
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| Minerals that have iron in their chemical formulas; oxidation of these minerals results in the formation of different types of rust, or iron oxides. |
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| quartzites, silica-cemented sandstones, and conglomerates |
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| Among the most durable of all sedimentary rocks. |
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| The most easily weathered of the sedimentary rocks; formed from clay minerals. |
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