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erosion
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the picking up of rock particles (ex:by running water or glaciers)
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transportation
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the movement of eroded particles by agents such as rivers, waves, glaciers, wind
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mechanical weathering
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physical disintegration-a physical change in the rock-little or no chemical change
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chemical weathering
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decomposition of rock from exposure to water and atmospheric gasses-minerals in the rock can change
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spheroidal weathering
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rock rounded from weathering-chem weath. acts more rapidly on the corners than in the middle
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