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Weathering, Erosion and Deposition

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Carry weathered rocks and sediment
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When iron in rocks "rusts"
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A vertical sequence of soil layers
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Carve away at beaches, rocks and continents
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The type of soil that is removed from its parent material
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Needed to allow the weathering and erosion to work
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Breaks larger rocks into smaller rocks of same type.
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Promotes physical weathering, water freezes in rock cracks
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Possibly the most powerful agent of weathering
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The most significant factor controlling the development of soils
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Pick up particles, dig into ground and building
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The movement of air moving silt and other small particles
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When running water cuts small channels into the side of a slope.
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Where weathered rock and soil stop moving
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Water freezing and cracking rock over time.
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The best place to promote chemical weathering, along with rain and lush vegetation
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Can be compared to peeling the layers of an onion
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The rocks that create soil by weathering
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The loose covering of weathered rock particles and decaying rock particles.
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The type of soil that is made from local bedrock
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Causes "acid rain" and can interact as a chemical weatherring agent
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Scrape and gouge out large sections of Earth's landscape
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The process that breaks down and changes rocks and minerals
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The removal of weathered rock and soil from its original location