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What causes earthquakes?
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A falult line or crack beneath the earth's surface
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What is weathering?
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The breaking down of rocks
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What is erosion?
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The moving of broken down rocks.
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What are the two main types of weathering?
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Mechanical and Chemical
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What are six things that can cause weathering?
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wind, water, ice, animals, plants and chemical changes
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What is exfoliation?
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When rock peels or flakes off into smaller pieces.
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What is ice-wedging?
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Water freezing and expanding inside a rock.
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What causes rock exfoliation?
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Temperature changes
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What is the crust, or surface part of the earth?
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The lithosphere
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What is the principle of uniformity?
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Processes that have changed the earth's surface in the past are still happening today.
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