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Erosion carries away sediment.
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When water ice or wind loosen and carry away fragments of rock solids it is called what?
It is called erosion.
How is wind erosion different from water and glacier erosion?
Wind does not carry heavy objects.
What is the carrying away of the naturally broken down materials called?
When wind or water wear away a rock, the process is called "erosion".
What is it called when water wears down rocks and carries the peices away?
Height differences at the surface are eventually flattened. The pieces get smaller and smaller until water and wind carry them away. Eventually they may become sedimentary rock.
What is process of wearing away or moving of soil and rock by water wind and ice?
surface erosion-the process by which the surface of the earth is worn away by the action of water, glaciers, winds, waves, etc.
How does a water erosion occur?
Water erosion utilizes water to carry sediments away.
How does water erosion occur?
Water erosion utilizes water to carry sediments away.
What term describes processes that carry soil and rock away?
Erosion
How do weathering and erosion affect earths surface?
Weathering and erosion is wind or water that breaks away rock or soil. The rocks they carry can erode away other rocks.
What does not help cause soil erosion?
Soil erosion is not helped by tilling too deeply. Wind and water will then carry the soil away. Minimum tillage is the best way to prevent soil erosion.
When water ice or wind loosen and carry away fragments of rock solids it is called what?
It is called erosion.
How the wind cause soil erosion?
wind can move and carry away the tiny particles of soil, which carries
What is the wearing away of the earth's surface?
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This occurs when running water sea waves wind or glaciers pick up and carry away materials?
the answer is erosion
Soil erosion is linked to what environmental issues?
Soil erosion is linked to rain and wind levels. Rain will cause soil to become loose and wash away while wind will blow and carry dry soil away.
What is the movement by wind water or gravity of soil from one place to another called?
This process is called erosion. Water, such as during rainfall or at the banks of a river, can carry soil particles away, often depositing them many miles away or into the ocean. Wind can only carry smaller soil particles, but it too can carry particles several miles away.
How can topsoil be lost?
water and wind can quickly carry soil away in the process of erosion
