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| occurs when chemical reactions dissolve the minerals in rocks or change them into diffrent minerals |
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| weather pattern that occurs in a particular area over many years |
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| dark colored,decayed organic matter that supplies nutrients to plants and is found mainly in top soil |
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| mechanical weathering processs that occurs when water freezes in the cracks of rocks and expands,causing the rock to break apart |
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| removal of minerals that have beeen dissolved in water |
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| physical process that breaks rocks apart without changing their chemical make up;can be caused by ice wedging,animals,and plant roots |
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| chemical weathering proces that occurs when metalic material is exposed to oxygen and water over time |
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| mixture of weather rock,decayed organic matter,mineral fragments,water,and air that can take thousands of years to developpe |
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| mechanical or chemical surface processes that breaks rocks into smaller and smaller pieces |
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| process in which surface materials are worn away and transported from one place to another by agents such as gravity,water,wind,and glaciers |
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| a type of erosion that occurs when wind blows overr looose sediments,removes small particles,and leaves caorser sediments behind |
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| dropping of sediments that occurs when an agent of erosion,such as gravity,a glacier,wind,or water,looses its energy and can no longer carry its load |
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| mound formed when windblown sediments pile up behind an obstacle;common landform in desert areas |
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