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  • this involve physical and chemical interaction between earth's lithosphere and natural forces this processes are referred to as... GEOMORPHIC PROCESSES
  • these are landform in geomorphic process that originate from beneath the surface of the earth. ENDOGENIC PROCESSES.
  • these are land wearing geomorphic processes powered by forces that occur on or above the surface of the earth. EXOGENIC PROCESSESS.
  • this is the breaking down of rocks caused by elements of weather and climate. WEATHERING.
  • this is also called mechanical weathering it is the breaking down of rocks without changing its chemical composition. PHYSICAL WEATHERING. 
  • this happens when a pressure caused by overlying rock layers was removed. UNLOADING.
  • this is when the salt dissolved in a solution precipitates in fractures of rocks. SALT CRYSTAL GROWTH.
  • this happens when water filling the cracks of rocks freezes and expands. FROST WEDGING.
  • this happens when a rock or sediment gets carried by water. ABRASION.
  • this happens when a rock is exposed to varying temperatures. HEAT AND COLD CYCLES.
  • this is the breaking down of rocks caused by chemicals which is usually carried by water. CHEMICAL WEATHERING.
  • this is the breakdown of rocks caused by its reaction with water. HYDROLYSIS.
  • this process happens when soluble minerals found in rocks are dissolved by water. DISSOLUTION.
  • this process is described as the breakdown of rocks caused by oxygen. OXIDATION.
  • this weathering is primarily caused by organisms. BIOLOGICAL WEATHERING.
  • this is a type of exogenic process described as the movement of rocks minerals and soil from one place into another. EROSION.
  • this happens when the agents of erosion lay down the materials it carried into another. DEPOSITION.
  • this is associated with the erosion and deposition caused by groundwater. KARST LANDFORM
  • this is described as the moving air. WIND.
  • this happens when wind erodes lose sediments in the surface. DEFLATION.
  • this happens when a rock is blasted with the sediments carried by wind causing materials to dislodge from rocks. ABRASION.
  • these are formed when energy from another source causes the water to move in a circular motion. OCEAN AND SEA WAVES.
  • this happens when the force of waves causes sediments and minerals to dislodge from a rock. HYDRAULIC ACTION.
  • this is defined as a slowly moving large mass of ice. GLACIER.
  • this happens when a large rock breaks off from the surface as glaciers move along the surface. PLUCKING.
  • these are fuel by earth's internal heat. ENDOGENIC PROCESSES.
  • this is the heat produced during the formation of the earth where materials were attracted to one another due to gravity. PRIMORDIAL HEAT.
  • this elements have a half life that ranges up to billions of years and 10 to decay slower. DECAY OF LONG-LIVED RADIOISOTOPES.
  • this is the increase in temperature and response to the increase in depth in earth's layer. GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT.
  • this is the transfer of heat through direct contact happens in the inner core going to the outer core and the crust. CONDUCTION.
  • this is the transfer of heat through movement of fluids happens within the outer core and the mantle. CONVECTION.
  • this is the movement between the materials follow a circular pattern and happens repeatedly. CONVECTION CYCLE.
  • this is the formation of hot molten rocks onto the surface of earth through volcanoes. VOLCANISM.
  • this happens when a solid materials such as rocks and minerals are melted due to an increase in temperature. MAGMATISM.
  • in this process the pressure exerted on a rock located in earth's mantle decreases. DECOMPRESSION MELTING.
  • this happens when volatile materials are added to hot dry rocks underneath earth's surface. FLUX MELTING.
  • this process states that the direct heat from rising magma is transferred to a surrounding rock layers does melting the rocks. HEAT-TRANSFER MELTING.
  • this refers to the ability of a fluid to resist the flow. VISCOSITY.
  • this shows how minerals change from one type to another type as temperature decreases. DISCONTINUOUS BRANCH.
  • in this process magma changes is composition when the other minerals contained in it originally solidified. CRYSTAL FRACTIONATION.