Weathering, Erosion, Deposition
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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What is it?
Weathering is the process in which over time rock, soil, or minerals is broken down.
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How does it work? Pieces of sediment or water run along a rock for a long enough period of time that it begins to break down. After a while it can either break down into new shapes or soil.
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Examples of weathering are everywhere like when water is flowing down stream and it hits the sides which are rock breaking down the sides and bottom until they form canyons or deep rivers with lots of curves and twisted sides.
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What is erosion?
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Erosion is when rock, soil, or minerals are broken down and removed from the surface through wind or water and moved to a different location.
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How does it work?
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Pieces of sediment are picked up throw wind and moved to a new location. There are examples of this are wherever you go, like when you are at the beach and it's windy. The sand is picked up and it hits the back of your legs. Once the wind stops the sand stops hitting you.
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Deposition
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What is deposition?
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Deposition is the process in which new pieces of rock, soil, or minerals are moved and added to another places. Almost like erosion but erosion doesn't add it to anywhere.
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How does it work?
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How does it work? Similar to erosion the rock or sediment is picked up by wind, ice, or water and carried off, except the rock is deposited in a new place. Eventually if sediment is deposited in the same over and over it creates new land forms
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