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SXurface Forces which Shape the earth
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frost shattering: physical breaking of pieces of rocks by repeated freezing and thawing of water and ice in spaces in rocks.
scree: weathered material that collects at the base of a slope.
weathering: the breaking down of rocks and soil by the action of the weather.
exfoliation: a kind of physical weathering caused by big day and night temperatures. often found in the dessert or semi-dessert. means shedding or casting off layers.
carbonation: a chemical weathering process that affects limestone rocks.
oxidation: weathering that happens when oxygen from air dissolves in water and combines with chemicals to form oxides.
oxides: chemicals formed when minerals such as iron mix with oxygen.
biological: ________ weathering is caused by the action of plants and animals.
SXurface Forces which Shape the earth
Across:3. | physical breaking of pieces of rocks by repeated freezing and thawing of water and ice in spaces in rocks. | 6. | chemicals formed when minerals such as iron mix with oxygen. |
| 7. | ________ weathering is caused by the action of plants and animals. | 8. | weathering that happens when oxygen from air dissolves in water and combines with chemicals to form oxides. |
| | Down:1. | a chemical weathering process that affects limestone rocks. | 2. | the breaking down of rocks and soil by the action of the weather. |
| 4. | weathered material that collects at the base of a slope. | 5. | a kind of physical weathering caused by big day and night temperatures. often found in the dessert or semi-dessert. means shedding or casting off layers. |
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SXurface Forces which Shape the earth
Across:3. | physical breaking of pieces of rocks by repeated freezing and thawing of water and ice in spaces in rocks. | 6. | chemicals formed when minerals such as iron mix with oxygen. |
| 7. | ________ weathering is caused by the action of plants and animals. | 8. | weathering that happens when oxygen from air dissolves in water and combines with chemicals to form oxides. |
| | Down:1. | a chemical weathering process that affects limestone rocks. | 2. | the breaking down of rocks and soil by the action of the weather. |
| 4. | weathered material that collects at the base of a slope. | 5. | a kind of physical weathering caused by big day and night temperatures. often found in the dessert or semi-dessert. means shedding or casting off layers. |
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