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The wearing away of rocks is calledweathering.
Weathering producescracks and breaks in rocks.
weathering is caused bywind, rain and waves.
The movement of rocks from one place to another is callederosion
The shaking of the earth's surface is called anearthquake
A break in the earth's crust is called afault
An opening in the earth's surface is calleda volcano
The shaking of an earthquake can change the landforms by makinglarge cracks,mud and lad slides, uneven ground and Tsunami.
A large wave which can kill people, animals and destroy homes is called aTsunami
Damage to roads and buildings collapsing can be caused byan earthquake.
A strength of an earthquake can be measured using the usingRichten scale.
On the Richter scale an earthquake of 2.6 isminor
An earthquake of 6.0 ismajor
The process by which the sun heats water from the earth's surface and turns it into water vapor heats the water from the earth's surface and turns it to water vapor is calledEvaporation
The process by which excess water is giving off by plants through their leaves is calledTranspiration
The process by which water condenses into the atmosphere to form clouds is calledCondensation
The process by which water falls back to the earth isPrecipitation
When water returns to the earth as precipitation and runs over the surface into the steams, ponds,etc. is calledrun-off
When rain water soaks in the ground through the soil on the rock layersthis is called infiltration
The continuous movement of water from the earth's surface into to the atmosphere and back to earth isthe water cycle



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