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What is weathering?
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Weathering breaks down or alters rock in place, without moving it.
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How do mechanical and chemical weathering differ?
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Mechanical weathering fragments rock without changing its mineral composition; chemical weathering changes or dissolves minerals.
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What does erosion do?
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Erosion removes material from a surface; in everyday earth science usage, it often includes moving that material.
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When does deposition occur?
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Deposition happens when a transporting agent can no longer carry its sediment load, or conditions favor sediment accumulation.
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How do erosion and deposition differ across a meander bend?
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Faster flow along the outside of a bend erodes a cut bank; slower flow along the inside deposits sediment in a point bar.
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How does an oxbow lake form?
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An oxbow lake forms when a river cuts through a narrow meander neck, leaving the abandoned bend separated from the channel.
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How do natural levees form?
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During floods, water spills over riverbanks and deposits sediment across the floodplain; repeated deposition can build natural levees.
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What is longshore sediment transport?
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Longshore sediment transport is the movement of sediment parallel to the coast, carried by longshore currents created by angled waves.
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How does glacial abrasion erode bedrock?
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Glacial abrasion occurs when rock fragments in basal ice grind against the ground, wearing down bedrock.
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What is a moraine?
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A moraine is a ridge of glacial debris deposited as a glacier melts or retreats.
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What is glacial outwash?
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Outwash is sediment carried and sorted by meltwater flowing away from a glacier.
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How does an alluvial fan form?
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An alluvial fan builds when a stream leaves a steep mountain front, loses energy, and deposits sediment.
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