By Kate Piering; Core 5

(NOUN); THE PROCESS BY WHICH WATER, ICE, WIND, OR GRAVITY MOVES WEATHERED PARTICLES OF ROCK AND SOIL.

WATER, ROCK, & SOIL MOVED DOWNHILL RAPIDLY, CREATING A MUDFLOW.

ROCK & SOILD SLID QUICKLY DOWN A STEEP SLOPE, CREATING THIS LANDSLIDE.

HUMANS HAVE MANUALLY DUG OUT & MOVED THESE ROCKS FOR CONSTRUCTION.

HUMANS MANUALLY MOVE/CHANGE ROCKS WHEN THEY MINE.

SOIL & DIRT HAVE CAUSED THE ROCKS TO SEPARATE FROM EACH OTHER BY GOING IN BETWEEN THEM.

ROCKS HAVE ERODED APART ALONG THE COAST OF BLUE EARTH RIVER, MN.

MOVING WATER HAS CAUSED THIS ROCK TO CREATE A PATH FOR THE MINI STREAM

STRONG WINDS HAVE CAUSED THIS ROCK TO FORM A HOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.

THESE GLACIERS HAVE GAPS IN THE MIDDLE OF THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE UNDERGONE EROSION.

THESE WAVES HAVE SLAPPED AGAINST THE ROCK, CAUSING IT TO ERODE OVER TIME.

(NOUN): THE PROCESS THAT CAUSES ROCK TO DECOMPOSE EITHER CHEMICALLY OR PHYSICALLY.

(NOUN): A FORCE PHYSICALLY BREAKING DOWN A ROCK INTO SMALLER PIECES.

THIS ROCK HAS BEEN FORCED APART BECAUSE A PLANT STARTED GROWING IN IT.

RAIN COLLECTED IN THE ROCK, EXPANDED WHEN IT FROZE, & THEN THAWED, CAUSING THE ROCK TO CRACK.

THIS ROCK RUBBED AGAINST OTHER ROCKS, CAUSING PARTS TO BREAK OFF.

(NOUN): A ROCK BEING CHEMICALLY BROKEN DOWN INTO SMALLER PIECES.

DISSOLUTION IS WHEN ROCKS ARE DISSOLVED BY WATER, MUCH LIKE THESE ROCKS.

ACID RAIN HAS CAUSED THIS STONE STATUE TO DECOMPOSE & BREAK DOWN VERY QUICKLY.

OXIDATION HAS CAUSED THIS ROCK TO RUST, OR BREAK DOWN ITS LAYERS.

THESE ROCKS HAVE UNDERGONE OXIDATION WEATHERING IN MINNESOTA.