Unit 5: Earth's Changes Vocabulary

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Dropping of sediment

A type of weathering caused by the wind. Particles of sand are carried by the wind, strike a rock, and chip away at the surface. It works like sandpaper

Water seeps into a crack in the rock. The freezing and thawing will weaken the sides and eventually beak it. Also called Frost Action

A landform with steep sides carved when a fast moving river erodes the sediment from a dry region

A land form created when sediments are deposited

The breaking up of rock into sediment

A rock formation with a tall, thin, vertical rock supporting a larger, flat rock. It resembles a toadstool

Landform created when wind erodes a rock leaving a hole