Ask questions to identify types of weathering, agents of erosion and transportation, and environments of deposition. (Clarification statement: Environments of deposition include deltas, barrier islands, beaches, marshes, and rivers.)
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The grinding away of rock by rock particles carried by water, ice, wind, or gravity.
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Abrasion
Decomposer
Erosion
Ice Wedging
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Solid unweathered rock lying beneath surface deposits of soil.
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Bedrock
Litter
Decomposers
Abrasion
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The grinding away of rock by rock particles carried by water, ice, wind, or gravity.
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Solid unweathered rock lying beneath surface deposits of soil.
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The process that breaks down rock through chemical changes.
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Organisms that break down the remains of dead organisms into smaller pieces and digest them with chemicals.
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The movement of rock particles by wind, water, ice, or gravity.
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The dark colored substance that forms as plant and animal remains decay.
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The process when wedges of ice in rocks widen and deepen cracks.
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Type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces.
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The process in which iron combines with oxygen in the presence of water.
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The process that breaks down rock and other substances at Earth's surface.
