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Apply the concepts: weathering, erosion, and deposition; How do plants and animals change the Earth's surface?

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Animals make changes to the environment by eating.Animals Cause Erosion and Weathering

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Animals cause erosion and weathering. For example, you might see snails along rocky ocean shorelines. Some of these snails eat algae that grow under the surface of the rock. They use their hard mouth parts to scrape away the surface of the rock to eat the algae. this constant scraping of many thousands of snails weathers and erodes the rock over time.

Animals cause erosion in other ways too. When too many animals live in one place, they tend to eat and trample all the plants Without the plants to protect the soil, it is much more likely to be eroded by wind and water. Other animals change Earth's surface by burrowing into it and moving material. Too many animals in one place can destroy most of the plants, leading to faster erosion. photosynthetic life altered the atmosphere through the production of oxygen, which in turn increased weathering rates and allowed for the evolution of animal life; and how microbial life on land increased the formation of soil, which in turn allowed for the evolution of land plants.

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