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| How can wind shape the earth? |
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| By either abrasion or deflation. |
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| What kinds of ice shape the earth? |
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Definition
| A glacier has the biggest effect. |
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| What can affect a rock fall? |
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Definition
| Gravity causes loosened and exposed rocks. |
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| How can glaciers affect exposed rock surfaces? |
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Definition
| By smoothing and rounding the rocks. |
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| What forces shape a shoreline? |
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Definition
| Waves and currents erode the shoreline. |
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| How does groundwater affect underground systems. |
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Definition
| That can create caves by eroding rocks. |
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| How does flowing water change earth's surface? |
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Definition
| By erosion and deposition. |
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| What are three main factors that control what sediment a stream can carry? |
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Definition
| Gradient, Load and Discharge. |
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| What are all of the agents of physical weathering? |
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Definition
| Temperature changes, pressure changes, plant and animal actions, water, wind and gravity. |
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| What are the agents of chemical weathering? |
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Definition
| Oxygen in the air and acids. |
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| How does a sinkhole lake form? |
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Definition
| A sinkhole forms and water seeps into the sinkhole to form a lake |
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| What is the difference between an ice sheet and a glacier? |
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| What are the two places dunes form? |
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Definition
| On a coast and in the desert |
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