Snapshot Project
Published on Dec 16, 2015
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Example of Erosion By Gravity
Gravity pulls down material and causes it to fall
Erosion when vegetation is removed from a hillside
The vegetation keeps the soil together when removed the soil is able to fall
Minnehaha falls
This waterfall carries material down it River
Erosion by moving water
Water tears apart the rocks and carries the down a river and can carve a canyon
Photo by Oregon beauty1
Erosion by wind
The wind carries certain rocks away and leaves others behind and you are left with arches
Photo by minnepixel
Erosion by glaciers
Glaciers grind down the rock and carry it away
Photo by geographyalltheway.com
Mechanical Weathering
Breaking down a material without changing its chemical composition
Example of mechanical weathering
Plants roots break into rocks and go deeper into the rock and break apart the rock
Another example of mechanical weathering
When pressure is released in some rocks they break apart
Chemical weathering
The process of rocks breaking down due to chemical reactions
EXAMPLE OF CHEMICAL WEATHERING
OXIDIZATION CREATES RUST ON ROCKS AND BREAKS THEM DOWN
Photo by pocaagua
ANOTHER EXAMPLE
THIS IS LICHENS BREAKING DOWN ROCKS
