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| Water found within Earth’s surface |
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| Continual movement of water throughout Earth’s atmosphere and crust |
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| Loss of water vapor from plants to Earth’s atmosphere |
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| Large block of rock and ice on land |
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| Water running on Earth’s surface |
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| Small stream that feed into a larger body of water |
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| Area of land that contributes to a river system |
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| Area below the Earth’s surface where permeable rock’s spaces are entirely filled with water |
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| The top level of the saturated zone |
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| Rock that water can move through easily |
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| Permeable rock that is saturated with water |
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| Rocks that water cannot move through easily |
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| Change of water vapor into liquid (precipitation) |
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| Change of liquid water into water vapor |
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| Water on the surface of Earth’s crust |
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| Water seeping into Earth’s crust |
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| Falling of water vapor to Earth as liquid or solid |
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| Movement of rock and solid |
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| Rocks are chemically or physically broken down into smaller pieces |
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| Physically breaking down a rock into smaller pieces (does not change the rock) |
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| Rocks scraping or grinding against one another breaking down into smaller pieces |
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| Chemically breaking down a rock into smaller pieces (rock is changed) |
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| Thick sheet of ice that covers a huge area |
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| Glacier that occurs in a high mountain valley |
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| Widening of bedrock cracks due to movement of glaciers over top |
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| Peaks created on mountain tops by glaciers |
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| Mounds of sediments formed at the downhill side of the glacier |
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| Deposit of sediments by wind |
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| Deposits formed from windblown sand |
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| Deposits formed from windblown dust |
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| Downward movement of rock and sediment due to gravity |
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| When sediments are laid down in new locations |
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| When sediments bounce along a stream bottom |
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| Flat area along a stream/river that is covered in water only during a flood |
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| Loop-like bend in a river |
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| Curved lake formed from a meander |
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| Fan-shaped deposit of sediments on land |
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| Mineral formation on the floor of a cave |
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| Mass of sediment deposited where a river enters a large body of water |
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| Hole created by sudden collapse of ground |
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| What process is at A?[image] |
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| [image]What process is at B? |
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| What process is at C?[image] |
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| What process is D?[image] |
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| What process is E?[image] |
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| Surface Water/Accumulation/Ocean |
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| What are the two types of weathering? |
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| What is the difference between weathering and erosion? |
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| Weathering just breaks the rocks into smaller pieces, erosion carries the pieces to a new location. |
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| List three types of mechanical weathering, tknow, too, luan, hold my hand and who want |
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| Name 3 examples of chemical weathering. |
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1. Lichens acid breaking down rocks 2. Carbonic Acid forming caves 3. Rust oxidizing on a rock/surface |
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| Name 3 examples of mechanical weathering. |
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| ice wedging, root pry, abrasion |
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