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Changes to Earth’s Surface

Science — Second Preparatory

Changes to Earth’s Surface

Lesson summary

Lesson summary

  • Internal factors earthquakes, volcanoes and the movement of tectonic plates.
  • External factors weathering, erosion and deposition, caused by water, wind, ice and temperature change.
  • Weathering breaks rocks in place, erosion moves the material, and deposition drops it in a new place.
  • Mechanical weathering breaks a rock without changing its composition. Chemical weathering changes its composition.
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