Hydraulic action, When Air/Water gets trapped in rocks and breaks them apart , Attrition , A type of erosion that involves two rocks hitting eachother, Abrasion , a form of erosion in which pebbles and other sediment are ground along a solid surface, Solution , When sea/river water dissolves rocks, Traction , Large boulders rolling over eachother, Saltation, Small rocks bouncing over eachother , Suspension, small particles such as silts and clays are suspended in the flow of the water., Biological weathering, Caused by plants and animals , Chemical weathering , The process of chemicals in rainwater making changes to the minerals in a rock., Physical weathering , occurs when physical processes affect the rock, such as changes in temperature.

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