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B. Study the processes of change in FIGURE 1.6 , then complete the table below as done for deposition.
Give an example of how you
Sphere(s)
observed the process happening
Process of involved in What caused the process to
or
Change the process happen?
or product how you encountered the result of
the process
Deposition atmosphere I saw frost crystals on cold metal The temperature of the metal was so
geosphere surfaces and windows of my car last cold that water vapor in the air formed
winter. ice crystals on contact with the metal.
hydrosphere At the seashore, sand covered up my Wind caused waves. Waves carried
geosphere feet as waves crashed onto the beach the sand. When waves broke, they
atmosphere where I was standing. lost energy and the sand settled out.

Evaporation

Condensation

Decomposition
reaction

Dissolution

Chemical
precipitation

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