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Acid rain causes limestone to dissolve. (P-C)
C
A gopher digs and scrapes on and around rocks when it burrows. (P-C)
P
Water seeps into a crack in a rock. As the water freezes, it expands and increases the size of the crack in the rock. (P-C)
P
Parts of Stone Mountain have worn down over time due to people walking up the mountain. (P-C)
P
Oxidation causes a rock to have a red or brownish color. (P-C)
C
Flood water pounds against a canyon wall and wears it down. (P-C)
P
Rocks become smooth as they are in a water stream. (P-C)
P
A plant grows in a rock, which slowly breaks the rock apart. (P-C)
P
The Statue of Liberty (made of copper) has turned green over time. (P-C)
C
A glacier scrapes across a rock. (P-C)
P
The wind blows sand against rocks and slowly wears them away. (P-C)
P
Acidic water causes the slowly dissolving of the minerals in rocks and makes the rocks crack. (P-C)
C
Worms and other burrowing animals break up rocks as they make tunnels. (P-C)
P
Breaking down of rocks that result in a change in the material itself. (P-C)
C
Type of weathering where rocks become pitted & softer. (P-C)
C
These rocks were made smooth by wind blowing smaller rock particles across their surface. This is an example of: (P-C)
P
