The carrying away of materials from one place to another is called _________.
The breaking apart of rocks without changing the chemical composition of the rock is ________.
When agents of erosion drop their sediments as they lose energy it is called ________.
Weathering breaks down rocks into smaller pieces called ________.
Weathering that changes the chemical composition of a rock is called _______.
Acid rain dissolving the surface of marble statues is an example of _______.
Ice Wedging is an example of
Carbonic acid can dissolve some minerals such as calcite.
When oxygen combines with iron, rust is formed.
Plant roots grow into cracks of rocks
When materials slip down a curved surface as one large mass it is called _________.
Sediments slowly shift downhill in the process of ___________.
As ______________ move, they pick up boulders, gravel, and sand in an erosion process called plucking.
The scraping or wearing away of rock carried by wind or water is called ____________.
A mound of sediments drifted by the wind is called a _______.
_______ erosion occurs when sheets of water flowing across the land pick up and carry away sediments.
A layer of permeable rock that lets water move freely.
The area of land from which a stream or river collect runoff.
Rainwater that flows across Earth's surface
What are the three major shoreline forces?
Stream that flows swiftly through a steep valley
Flows slowly through a floodplain it has carved.
May have whitewater rapids and waterfalls.
Forms curves called meanders
Erodes the stream bottom faster than the sides.