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Describe and give examples of

ways in which Earth’s surface is built up and

torn down by physical and chemical weathering,

erosion, and deposition.

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Examples of erosion include water erosion, wind erosion, and ice erosion. These different types of erosion slowly wear down land structures over long periods of time. One of the most famous examples of a landmark created by erosion is the Grand Canyon.

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volcanoes can change the landscape in the blink of an eye in a way other than blowing off their tops by triggering huge landslides.

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From islands popping out of the ocean during earthquakes to glaciers calving icebergs every hour, the Earth can undergo dramatic changes right before your eyes.

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The surface of the earth changes. Some changes are due to slow processes, such as erosion and weathering, and some changes are due to rapid processes, such as landslides, volcanic eruptions, and earthquakes.

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Nice start. How are you going to represent this with pictures?

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Most commonly, however, the changes to Earth's surface are due to weathering and erosion. The Earth is made up of large plates below its crust. At the boundaries of these plates movement can occur. When these plates move, its causes changes on the surface.

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The earth has been changing for 650,000 years.

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The three main causes of landform changes are erosion, deposition and weathering. Some main types of landforms are mountains, plains, plateaus, valleys and deltas. Alandform like a mountain experiences gradual change through weather conditions such as rain and wind.

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Weathering is the breaking down of rocks, soil, and minerals as well as wood and artificial materials through contact with the Earth's atmosphere, waters, and biological organisms. Weathering occurs in situ (on site), that is, in the same place, with little or no movement, and thus should not be confused with erosion, which involves the movement of rocks and minerals by agents such as water, ice, snow, wind, waves and gravity and then being transported and deposited in other locations.

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Weathering is the breaking down of rocks, soil, and minerals as well as wood and artificial materials through contact with the Earth's atmosphere, waters, and biological organisms. Weathering occurs in situ (on site), that is, in the same place, with little or no movement, and thus should not be confused with erosion, which involves the movement of rocks and minerals by agents such as water, ice, snow, wind, waves and gravity and then being transported and deposited in other locations.

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In earth science, erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that remove soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust, then transport it away to another location. The particulate breakdown of rock or soil into clastic sediment is referred to as physical or mechanical erosion; this contrasts with chemical erosion, where soil or rock material is removed from an area by its dissolving into a solvent (typically water), followed by the flow away of that solution. Eroded sediment or solutes may be transported just a few millimeters, or for thousands of kilometers.