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| occurs when chemical reactions dissolve the minerals in rock or change them into different minerals |
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| weather pattern that occurs in a particular area over many year |
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| dark-color decayed organic matter thst supplies nutrients to plants and is found mainly in topsoil |
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| mechanical weathering process that occurs when water freeze in the cracks of rocks and expands causing the rock to break apart |
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| removal of minerals that have been dissolved in water |
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| physical process that breaks rocks apart without changing |
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| chemical weathering process that occurs when metallic material is exposed to oxygen and water over time |
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| mixture of weathering rock decayed organic matter mineral fragments water and air that can take thousandsof years to develop |
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| mechanical of chemical surface process that breaks rock into smaller and smaller pieces |
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