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Swift Ch 4 Sec 1
Question | Answer |
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Weathering | the chemical and physical processes that break down rock at Earth's surface |
Erosion | the process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered rock and soil |
Uniformitarianism | the geologic pricniple that the same geologic processes that operate today |
Mechanical weathering | the type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces |
Abrasion | the grinding away of rock by other rock particles carried in water, ice, or wind |
Chemical weathering | the process that breaks down rock through chemical changes |
Permeable | characteristics of a material that is full of tiny, connected air spaces that water can seep through |
Ice wedging | process that splits rock when water seeps into cracks, then freezes and expands |
Oxidation | a chemical change in which a substance combines with oxygen, as when iron ozidizes, forming rust |