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ObjectivesDescribe the relationship of gravity to all agents of erosion.Contrast the features left from different types of erosion.Analyze the impact of living and nonliving things on the processes of weathering and erosion.
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gravity: a force of attraction between objects due to their
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Erosion transports weathered materials across Earth’s surface until they are deposited.
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A. Gravity’s Rolea. The removal of weathered rock and soil from its original location is a process called erosion.b. Erosion can remove material through a number of different agents, including running water, glaciers, wind, ocean currents, and waves.
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Gravity’s Role
c. After the rock and soil are transported, sometimes thousands of kilometers away from their source, they are dropped in another location in a process known as deposition.
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Gravity’s Roled. Gravity is associated with many erosional agents because the force of gravity tends to pull all materials downslope.
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B. Erosion by Watera. Stream erosion can reshape entire landscapes. Water flowing down steep slopes has additional erosive potential resulting from gravity, causing it to cut downward into the slopes, carving steep valleys and carrying away rock and soil.
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Erosion by Waterb. Rill erosion develops when running water cuts small channels into the side of a slope.c. When a channel becomes deep and wide, rill erosion evolves into gully erosion.
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d. Erosion by Water
i. Once a river enters the ocean, the current slows down, which reduces the potential of the stream to carry sediment. As a result, rivers deposit large amounts of sediment near the region where they enter the ocean. Over time, deltas form.
Rivers and streams
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Erosion by Water
i. The work of ocean currents, waves, and tides carves out cliffs, arches, and other features along the continents’ edges.
e. Wave
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Erosion by Water
ii. The constant movement of water and the availability of accumulated weathered material result in a continuous erosional process. iii. Deposition of sand particles forms features such as beaches and sandbars; erosion removes sand from these features.
Wave action
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f. Glacial Erosioni. Because glaciers can move as dense, enormous rivers of slowly flowing ice, they have the capacity to carry huge rocks and piles of debris over great distances and grind the rocks beneath them into floursized particles.
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Glacial Erosionii. The features left in the wake of glaciers include steep Ushaped valleys and lakes.
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Glacial Erosion
iii. The effects of glaciers on the landscape also include deposition. For example, soils in the northern parts of the United States are formed from material that was transported and deposited by glaciers.
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g. Wind Erosion
Wind can be a major erosional agent, especially in arid and coastal regions, which tend to have little vegetation to hold soil in place. Wind can easily pick up and move fine, dry particles.
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Wind Erosion
The abrasive action of windblown particles can damage both natural features and humanmade structures. Winds can also easily move finegrained sediments and sand uphill.
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h. Erosion by Living Things
i. As plants and animals carry out their life processes, they often move Earth’s surface materials from one place to another.
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Insect erosion
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How does gravity affect erosion?
How do streams affect erosion?
How do streams affect deposition?
How do waves affect erosion?
How does wind affect erosion?
