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1 What process forms sediments?

2 Weathering

3 What is this an example of?

4 Chemical Weathering – Acid in Living Things

5 What process creates cracks in rocks using water and expansion?

6 Mechanical Weathering by Ice Wedging or Frost Wedging

7 What is this an example of?

8 Mechanical Weathering – Ice Wedging

9 This creates U shaped Valleys.

10 Glaciers

11 Oxidation forms what?

12 Rust

13 What is this an example of?

14 Chemical Weathering- Acid Precipitation

15 The process of breaking down rocks into sediments is called

16 weathering

17 This creates V shaped valleys

18 Rivers

19 Landslides and Rock Slides are cause by what agent of mechanical weathering?

20 Gravity

21 Tree Roots breaking apart a sidewalk is an example of…..

22 Mechanical Weathering by Plants

23 The process of moving sediments from one location to another

24 Erosion

25 This type of weathering breaks down rock through physical means?

26 Mechanical Weathering

27 What is this an example of?

28 Chemical Weathering - Air

29 What is this an example of?

30 Mechanical Weathering – Plants

31 This type of weathering breaks down rocks by changing the chemical compostion

32 Chemical Weathering

33 Running water, Wind, Gravity and Ice are the agents of….

34 Erosion

35 When rocks or sand scrape against each other, causing them to weather away is……..

36 Abrasion

37 What is this an example of?

38 Mechanical Weathering - Gravity

39 Where will a bike rust faster, a dry cold climate or a humid warm one?

40 Humid and Warm Climate

41 When an agent of erosion loses energy, this process occurs….

42 Deposition

43 How do Lichen break down rocks?

44 Chemical Weathering – Acid in Living Things


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