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| a wearing away by friction |
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| moving of rock material due to living organisms |
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| a type of mechanical weathering; rocks break down into thin layers or sheets |
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| laying down of sediments that was carried in from another place |
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| a type of mechanical weathering; water fills the joints of rocks and expands as it freezes |
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| a type of chemical weathering where carbon dioxide is added to rock material |
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| breaking down of rock due to chemical changes in the rock |
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| physical breaking of a rock without a change in the chemical composition of the rock |
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| breaking of rock into smaller pieces |
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| type of chemical weathering in which water combines with substances in rocks to form new substances |
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| movement of rock material due to gravity |
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| type of mechanical weathering in which there is an expansion/splitting of the earth's surface due to heating and cooling (contraction) |
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| chemical weathering due to a chemical combination of a substance with oxygen |
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| general weather conditions of an area including the temperature, rainfall, and wind |
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