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Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition

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show physical weathering  
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show "breaks down", "wearing down"  
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show "moving", "washing away", "carrying away" --anything that causes movement  
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key words for deposition   show
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show ice wedging, root wedging, glaciers scraping, water breaking down, gravity, animals burrowing  
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show rust (oxidation), acid rain, cave formed by dissolved limestone  
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show oxidation  
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show It affects the rate of weathering and can cause it to happen faster. Tornadoes, lots of rain, lots of snow, and strong winds can cause weathering to happen faster.  
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show when roots of plants break up the earth  
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How does ice wedging cause weathering?   show
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show the grinding away of rock by other rocks  
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four agents of erosion   show
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What is runoff?   show
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show the dropping of sediments that have been carried by erosion  
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What is weathering?   show
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show the processes that move sediments from one place to another  
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show marsh, river, delta, barrier island, beach  
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