7th 2.3 Vocab

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abrasion: a type of mechanical _______  caused by the scraping and scratching of rocks by loose particles that are transported over the rocks by wind, water, glaciers, etc.

_______  water wears down rocks.

When sediments are transported, they _______  and _______  each other.

asthenosphere: The layer of soft but solid mobile _______  found below the lithosphere.

basalt: a fine-grained, dark-colored extrusive _______  rock; the most _______  volcanic rock found on Earth’s crust