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List 3 types of erosion and three types of weathering and provide examples

of each.
Erosion
1. Water Erosion As water flows it can carry away soil or rocks causing
erosion.___________________________________________________
2. Wind Erosion The wind can blow sand away from the sand
dunes____________________________________________________
3. Ice Erosion Glaciers can pick up rocks and soils with it and carve out a
mountain___________________________________________________.

Weathering
1. Physical Weathering Waves can wear away cliffs over a long period of
time by repeated crashing up against them,________________________
2. Chemical Weathering Rain can have chemicals in it that slowly over
time wears the rocks away.____________________________________
3. Biological Plants or trees can grow through small crack and over time
as the plants grow they can break apart the rocks.__________________

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