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Fcat vocabulary quiz 6( 2011)

Weather and weathering

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El NinoIs a disturbance of wind patterns and ocean currents in the pacific ocean.
WeatheringThe process by which natural forces break down rocks.
Mechanical WeatheringThe breaking up of rocks by physical forces.
AbrasionProcess of wearing down by friction, the rubbing of one object or surface against another.
Chemical WeatheringThe breakup of rock by chemical reactions that change the rocks makeup.
HumusThe decayed organic matter in soil.
DesertificationThe expansion of desert conditions in areas where the natural plant cover has been destroyed.
ErosionThe process in which sediment is picked up an moved from one place to another.
DepositionThe part of the erosion process which sediment is placed in a new locations or deposited.
Mass WastingThe downhill movements of masses of rock and soil.
IsobarA line on a weather map that shows areas of equal pressure


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