Weathering is the process in which materials are broken down either chemically or physically. Weathering and erosion are commonly confused. However, erosion is the transport of material that has been previously eroded. Therefore, the answer is weathering.
Denudation, Weathering, Erosion, Diagnesis.
Changes in pressure which can cause rocks to crack is an example of mechanical weathering. It refers to the disintegration and decomposition of rocks.
Wave Rock, in Western Australia, was believed to have been formed by the combination of chemical weathering in the subsurface, before Wave Rock was even fully exposed, together with gradual fluvial erosion of the softer granite beneath the upper surface.
Both mechanical weathering (physically breaking rock into smaller pieces) and chemical weathering (chemically changing and even dissolving rock) result in rock layers being broken down. Water can be involved in both - freezing and then thawing lead to mechanical breaking by cracking rock, dissolving can lead to leaching chemical components of the rock, possibly weakening it and leading to pitting of the surface, for example. Also they both can break down some rocks faster than other rocks.
Weathering is weathering, no matter how it occurs. Both chemical and biological weathering wear down rock. They simply go about it in different ways.
The term that best describes the process of weathering and erosion is "denudation." Denudation is the overall process by which weathering and erosion wear down and remove rock material from the Earth's surface, shaping the landscape over time.
Some synonyms for physical weathering are mechanical weathering and disintegration.
denudation forces including mass wasting, weathering, and erosion
This is collective process of weathering and erosion that break and wear down rocks.
Weathering is the breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on Earth's surface. Once a rock has been broken down, a process called erosion transports the bits of rock and minerals away. Water, acids, salt, plants, animals, and changes in temperature are all agents of weathering and erosion
Denudation, Weathering, Erosion, Diagnesis.
External forces are the forces that can lower the level of the land by washing it away and.this.is called denudation and rise the level this.is called decomposition Denudation can be weathering and erosion
Weathering is the breaking up of rock into ever smaller particles. Sand grains is an example of the result of weathering.
It is erosion or weathering.
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physical weathering is the disintegration of rocks into smaller fragments or pieces.
Weathering: disintegration, decomposition, deterioration Erosion: abrasion, corrosion, scouring Deposition: accumulation, sedimentation, deposit