Name _______________________________________
Weathering and Erosion Vocabulary
Use the words in the chart below to fill in the blanks next to the sentences.
(Note: Not all of the words will be used.)
Mechanical weathering
Chemical weathering
moving water
erosion
rust
runoff
oxidation
weathering
Acid rain
abrasion
glacier
evaporation
1.
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Precipitation that often causes chemical
2.
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form a new substance.
The process of oxygen combining with a chemical
3.
____________________ The process that results from oxidation and
an orange color seen on iron rocks or
objects.
4.
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chemically.
5.
____________________ The movement of weathered rock, sediments, or
particles from one place to another.
6.
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to erode rock.
Large moving sheet of ice and snow that has the
7.
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The most common and powerful agent of erosion.
8.
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Earth’s surface.
The breaking down of rock and other materials on
9.
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different substance.
A type of weathering in which a rock is changed
10.
____________________ This occurs when rocks rub against each other;
becoming less jagged and more rounded.
weathering.
to
produces
The process of rock breaking down physically, but
not
ability
into a