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Download ROCKS TO CRACK PHYSICAL WEATHERING WEATHERING
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WEATHERING WEATHERING BREAKDOWN OF ROCK INTO SMALLER PIECES is the SLOW PROCESS is an extremely can be classified as PHYSICAL WEATHERING takes CHEMICAL WEATHERING THOUSANDS OF YEARS is caused by is caused by PLANT ROOTS ICE ANIMALS TEMPERATURE CHANGE ACIDS dissolve ROCK result from cause HEAVY INDUSTRY & AUTOMOBILES ROCKS TO CRACK produces ACID RAIN FERTILIZERS DECAYING PLANTS & ANIMALS influence CHEMISTRY OF GROUND WATER AND RIVERS CHEMISTRY OF SOIL NSF/IERI 0228353 NSF/IERI 0228353 EROSION EROSION contributes to wearing down results in the LANDFORMS MOVEMENT & DEPOSITION OF WEATHERED ROCKS is carried out by the "forces" of WIND RUNNING WATER GRAVITY speeds up the flow of ICE carry & deposit travels at includes results in formation of include SEDIMENTS influences amount of DIFFERENT SPEEDS GLACIERS GULLIES SAND SOIL ROCK CLAY VALLEYS acts as an such as ABRASIVE FORCE piles up to form SAND DUNES make up DESERTS CANYONS GRAND CANYON move in a DOWNHILL DIRECTION breaks drags & deposits MATERIALS ELSEWHERE
