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Q: What is The breaking down or wearing away of land and landforms?
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The breaking down and wearing away of rocks is called?

Erosion.


What do we call the process of breaking down and wearing away rock?

weathering


What is The gradual wearing away of breaking down rocks by abrasion is a type of?

physical


The gradual wearing away or breaking down of rocks by abrasion is a type of what?

physical


What type of weathering is the gradual wearing away or breaking down of rocks by abrasion?

physical


What are weathering and erosion and what causes landforms to weather or erode?

is is the gradual depletion, or breaking down, or wearing away. Landforms are eroded by the elements. water, wind, fire, tectonic plates, friction, natural sorts of things, and also when people step around they create eroded paths where they have walked


What s called Breaking down or known as wearing away of rocks?

The general term is erosion or weathering.


The gradual wearing away or breaking down rocks by abrasion is a type of what weathering?

Mechanical Weathering.


How does weathering turn mountains into hills?

Mountain turn into hills by weathering because of the cause of breaking down the landforms and washing the access materials away.


What is the process of breaking down landforms and creating new ones?

weathering


Why is erosion easier to see than weathering?

because erosion is the carrying away of rocks and stuff, and weathering is the wearing away or breaking down of rocks and other stuff. so you can see the rocks that got carried away from their original spot but its kind of hard to see the breaking down of rocks. hope that helps!


Does erosion break down rock into fragments where as weathering transports those fragments?

No:Weathering is the wearing away/breaking down of rock into fragments IN SITUErosion is the wearing AND TAKING AWAY of materialAlso note that the transportation of fragments is just transportation, so don't bother searching for a fancy term for it.