WHAT IS WEATHERING?
Our world is made up with many types of landscape. Over time each of these slowly change as they are affected by the weather conditions around them. The effects of WIND, HAIL, SNOW or SLEET gradually lead to WEATHERING which is the gradual breaking up of rock over time.
.... So WEATHERING is when the affects of the weather slowly over time breaks down or molds the shape of rocks. Different types of weather and environment produce different types of weathering
We are going to learn four types of weathering
WHAT IS EROSION?
Erosion is the wearing away of Rock and its removal by things like Wind , Rivers, Ice, Waves and Human activity.
- Weathering and Erosion WORK TOGETHER
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