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Explain how weathering and erosion are different from one another

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The primary difference between weathering and erosion is that weathering occurs in place whereas erosion involves movement to a new location. Both are caused by similar factors of wind, water, ice, temperature, and even biological action. They can also occur together.Weathering and erosion are not the same thing: weathering is the breaking of rocks into smaller and smaller pieces called sediments; erosion is the movement of these sediments by water, ice, wind, or gravity to a new location. ... Mechanical weathering physically breaks rocks into smaller pieces.

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