Differences between mass wasting and weathering(four points)
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Weathering is the physical disintegration or chemical alteration of rocks at or near the Earth's surface. Erosion is the physical removal and transportation of weathered material by water, wind, ice, or gravity. Mass wasting is the transfer or movement of rock or soil down slope primarily by gravity.
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Weakening of rocks is weathering, due to gravity the withered particles are moved is mass wasting.
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. Weathering is of three types that is mechanical weathering, chemical weathering, biological weathering.
. The chemical make-up of minerals is not changed while the rocks are physically broken down.
. Weathering is not a result of any natural disorder. Movements are noted.
. Mass wasting may be due to landslides, or other rapid movements like rock falls or mild movements like erosion are noted.
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