Wind erosion is a natural process that moves soil from one location to another by wind power. It can cause significant economic and environmental damage. Wind erosion can be caused by a light wind that rolls soil particles along the surface through to a strong wind that lifts a large volume of soil particles into the air to create dust storms.
Mechanical weathering breaks rocks into smaller pieces without changing their composition. Ice wedging and abrasion are two important processes of mechanical weathering. Chemical weathering breaks down rocks by forming new minerals that are stable at the Earth's surface.
Deposition is the laying down or settling of eroded material. Sediment deposited in water typically forms layers called beds.
Electricity is used to move DNA molecule fragments through the agarose gel. This technique has lots of applications.
how much energy is coming from the star per square meter per second, as measured on Earth. The apparent brightness of a star is described by a magnitude that is a positive number for most stars, but can be a negative number for, say, Venus.
