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Types of weathering

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  • A gopher digs and scrapes on and around rocks when it burrows. (P-C)
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  • Flood water pounds against a canyon wall and wears it down. (P-C)
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  • When rotten plants break down on the rocks, chemicals coming out of them causing the rocks to be weaker & more liable to breaking down. (P-C)
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  • These rocks were weathered by ..................... weathering. (P-C)
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  • These rocks were made smooth by wind blowing smaller rock particles across their surface. This is an example of: (P-C)
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  • This picture shows .................... (P-C)
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  • Acid rain causes limestone to dissolve. (P-C)
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  • This rock is pitted & its texture changed. It was broken down by ............................ (P-C)
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  • 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)
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  • These rocks were weathered by .....................(P-C)
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  • Type of weathering where rocks become pitted & softer. (P-C)
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  • The Statue of Liberty (made of copper) has turned green over time. (P-C)
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  • Parts of Stone Mountain have worn down over time due to people walking up the mountain. (P-C)
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  • Rocks become smooth as they are in a water stream. (P-C)
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  • Worms and other burrowing animals break up rocks as they make tunnels. (P-C)
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  • Which type of weathering is this? (P-C)
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  • The wind blows sand against rocks and slowly wears them away. (P-C)
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  • A plant grows in a rock, which slowly breaks the rock apart. (P-C)
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  • Acidic water causes the slowly dissolving of the minerals in rocks and makes the rocks crack. (P-C)
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  • What type of weathering is this? (rock having oxidation reaction with air). (P-C)
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  • Breaking down of rocks that result in a change in the material itself. (P-C)
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  • A glacier scrapes across a rock. (P-C)
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  • This picture shows ....................... (P-C)
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  • Oxidation causes a rock to have a red or brownish color. (P-C)
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