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How does erosion compare to physical weathering?
A.
Both break down materials.

B.
Both move materials from place to place.

C.
Erosion breaks down materials, and weathering carries them from place to place.

D.
Weathering breaks down materials, and erosion carries them from place to place.

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D. Weathering breaks down materials, and erosion carries them from place to place.

Physical (mechanical) weathering fractures and disintegrates rock in place; erosion transports those weathered particles by water, wind, ice, or gravity.