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the process by which natural forces move weathered rock and soil from one place to another |
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gravity, running water, glaciers, waves & wind |
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Material moved by erosion |
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occurs where the agents of erosion have laid doen ( deposited ) sediment |
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| What do weathering, erosion, and deposition act together do? |
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They act together in a cycle that wears down and builds up Earth's surface |
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the force that moves rock downhill |
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the processes that moves rock downhill |
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landslide, mudflows, slump & creep |
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| rock and soil slide quickly down a steep slope |
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| rapid downhill movement of a mixture of water, rock & soil |
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| a mass of a mixture of rock & soil suddenly slips down a slope |
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| very slow downhill movement of rock and soil |
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| Mass movement that is rapid and steep slope |
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| Mass movement that is rapid and gentle to steep slope |
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| the areas in which molten material rises from the mantle and erupts |
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three types of rock can form in the rock cycle: Sedimentary Igneous Metamorphic |
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| a slow process through which new crust is formed |
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| the area in which old crust is recycled back into earth |
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| Both a fast and slow process in which the earth vents itself |
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a sudden release of pressure inside the earth |
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| sea floor spreading, compressing, sliding past eachother |
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| oceanic-oceanic compression |
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one plate is subducted below the other and volcanoes are formed. This can turn into islands. |
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