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| The process that breaks down rock and other substances at Earth’s surface. |
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| The removal or carrying away of rock particles by wind, water, ice, or gravity. |
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| The type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces |
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| The grinding away of rock by rock particles carried by water, ice, wind, or gravity. |
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| Water expands when it freezes and ice acts like a wedge that forces things apart. WedgesThe process of ice in rocks freezes which widens and deepens cracks. |
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| The process that breaks down rock through chemical changes. |
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This picture is an example of what effect of mechanical weathering?
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