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Chapter3- Keywords Flashcards

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Weathering

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Is the breakdown and decay of rocks that are exposed to the weathering

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Denudation

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Is the process of wearing away rock or soil by weathering and erosion

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Erosion

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Is the breakdown of rocks and the removal of the particles that result

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Scree

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Is the rock particles that fall off

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Bedding plane

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Is the line separating one layer of compressed rock from the next layer

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Alluvium

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Material transported and deposited by a river when it floods. This is very fertile soil.

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