Weathering & Erosion Vocab

Question 0

Erosion

Answer 0

the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.

Question 1

Weathering

Answer 1

To wear away or change the appearance or texture of (something) by long exposure to the air.

Question 2

Mechanical Weathering

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Weathering in which rock is physically broken in to smaller pieces

Question 3

Chemical weathering

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The process that breaks down rock through chemical changes

Question 4

Permeable

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A rock the is full of tiny connected air spaces

Question 5

Abrasion

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the process of scraping or wearing away rock

Question 6

Ice wedging

Answer 6

Ice Wedging is when there is a little crack in a rock and water gets in it. The water freezes and breaks the crack even bigger (it expands when it turns to ice). Then it melts and more water gets in it. That freezes and breaks the rock up even more. It keeps doing that until the rock breaks.

Question 7

Oxidation

Answer 7

Iron mixes with with oxygen in the presence of water

Question 8

Carbonic Acid

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a very weak acid formed in solution when carbon dioxide dissolves in water.

Question 9

Acid rain

Answer 9

Acid rain is rain that has been made acidic by certain pollutants in the air

Question 10

Carbon dioxide

Answer 10

A colorless, odorless gas that we breath

Question 11

Climate

Answer 11

Temperature and moisture have the bigest effect on weathering and erosion