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| what can also affect the rate of weathering in a particular climate? |
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| what occurs when rocks are broken apart by physical processes and the chemical composition stays the same? |
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| what depends on the amount of weathering that occurs in a specific place? |
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| what are surface processes that work to break down rock into smaller pieces? |
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| water, wind, ice wedging, plants, animals, temperature changes, and pressure. |
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| name 7 agents of mechanical weathering. |
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| what are small broken down pieces of rock? |
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| what is caused by burning of fossil fuels? |
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| what occurs when chemical reactions dissolve the minerals in rocks or change them into different mineral? it changes the chemical composition which weaken the rock. |
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| what dissolves minerals in limestone caves? |
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| water, oxygen, plant acids, and other acids. |
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| name the four agents of chemical weathering. |
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| what is the pattern of weather that occurs in a particular area over many years? (this is the definition) |
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| what type weathering is more rapid in cold dry climates? |
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| what it is called when the dropping of sediments that occurs when agents of erosion lose energy? |
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| what type of weathering is more rapid in warm wet (tropical) climates? |
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| what is the process that wears away surface and moves them from one place to another? |
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| the more _______________ that exposed to weathering, the faster the rock will weather. |
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| wind, water, gravity, glaciers, and mass movement |
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| name 5 agents of erosion. |
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| sediments dropped somewhere else |
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| what is a mixture of weathered rock, decaying organic matter, mineral fragments, water and air. takes thousands of years to make |
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| plants need soil to grow. no soil~no crops. |
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| soil erosion is harmful because... |
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| many _______________ disturb the natural balance between soil production, and soil erosion. |
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