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Answer: Abrasion

Definition: An area damaged by scraping or wearing away. Another word for abrasion is erosion.

Explanation: Abrasion is the breaking down and wearing away of rock material by the mechanical acqon of other rocks. Three agents of physical weathering that can cause abrasion are moving water, wind and gravity. Also Rocks suspended in the ice of a glacier can cause abrasion of other rock on earths surface.
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A process which wears away tall sandstone rock formations due to wind is called: A. abrasion.

What is an abrasion?

An abrasion can be defined as a type of physical weathering that typically involves the break down and wearing off of sandstone rock formations or rock materials, especially due to wind or the mechanical action of other rocks.

The agents of physical weathering.

Generally, an abrasion are mainly caused by three (3) agents of physical weathering and these include:

  • Water
  • Wind
  • Gravity

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