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Weathering. Erosion & Deposition Quiz
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Answers |
| A large sheet of moving ice that covers a large part of a continent and can smooth or flatten the landscape |
glacier |
| The movement of rock material from one place to another. |
Erosion |
| The slow wearing away of rock into smaller pieces. |
Weathering |
| small, solid pieces of material that come from weathered rocks or living things |
Sediment |
| The type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces |
Mechanical Weathering |
| A hill or pile of sand that was formed by the wind |
Sand Dune |
| The dropping of sediment moved by water, wind and ice. |
Deposition |
| rain, sleet, or snow that contains a high concentration of acids |
Acid Rain |
| the process by which rocks break down as a result of chemical reactions |
Chemical Weathering |