SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -As glaciers move, the ice scrapes away pebbles, rocks, and even large boulders. As the glacier drags the pieces of rock along, holes are formed in the land. If a glacier melts, some of the rock and dirt is left behind, completing the cycle of weathering, erosion, and deposition.

Detailed explanation-2: -Example of weathering: Wind and water cause small pieces of rock to break off at the side of a mountain. Weathering can occur due to chemical and mechanical processes. Erosion is the movement of particles away from their source. Example of erosion: Wind carries small pieces of rock away from the side of a mountain.

Detailed explanation-3: -There are two main processes of glacial erosion. Plucking is the erosion and transport of large chunks of rocks that stick to and get picked up by the glacier. Abrasion is the erosion that occurs when particles scrape against each other.

Detailed explanation-4: -Weathering is the mechanical and chemical hammer that breaks down and sculpts the rocks. Erosion transports the fragments away. Working together they create and reveal marvels of nature from tumbling boulders high in the mountains to sandstone arches in the parched desert to polished cliffs braced against violent seas.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Earth’s surface is constantly forming and reshaping due to the combined occurrence of weathering and erosion. These two processes give rise to the formation of a variety of landforms. Some of the landforms created by fluvial erosion include river valleys, oxbow lakes, waterfalls, sinkholes, and caves.