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uniformitarianism |
the geologic principle that the same geologic processes that operate today operated in the past the change earths surface |
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erosion |
the process bu which water ice wind of gravity moves weathered particles of rock and soil |
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weathering |
the chemical and physical processes that break down rock and other substances |
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mechanical weathering |
the type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces |
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chemical weathering |
the process that breaks down rock through chemical changes |
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abrasion |
the grinding away of rock by other rock particles carried in water ice or wind |
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frost wedging |
processes that splits rock when water seeps into cracks then freezes |
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oxidation |
a chemical change in which a substance combines with oxygen as when iron oxidizes |
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permeable |
characteristic of a material that contains connected air spaced or pores that water can seep through easily |
