Weathering
breaking or wearing down of rocks
What is weathering?
study of living things
What is biology?
coming together, collision of tectonic plates (causes mountains)
What is convergence?
wearing down and MOVING of rocks or materials
What is erosion?
scientific study of ground and earth
What is geology?
one oceanic plate moves under another, can cause a trench
rock breaking down due to living things
What is biological weathering?
Study of observable universe beyond Earth
What is astronomy?
moving apart of tectonic plates
What is divergence?
rock breaking down through chemical changes (water mixes with minerals/air)
What is chemical weathering?
tectonic plate motion that causes rifts
rock breaking down into smaller pieces (change in size and shape)
What is physical weathering?
tectonic plate motion that causes earthquakes
What is transform motion?