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Name one cause of weathering.
Wind, water/ice or plants.
Name one cause of erosion
Wind, water or ice.
Weathering is the process that breaks _________ into smaller pieces.
rocks
Erosion is when rocks, soil or sand are ________ from one place to another.
moved
Weathering is a very __________ process.
slow
A flowing river that washes away rocks and soil is an example of __________.
erosion
Water that goes into cracks, freezes and then breaks rocks into smaller pieces is an example of _____________.
weathering
A _________ is a large sheet of moving ice that can cause erosion.
glacier
Roots that grow too big and cause rocks to break into smaller pieces is an example of weathering by _______.
plants
Both weathering and erosion causes the Earth's surface to _________.
change
