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What is an example of erosion caused by gravity, rockslide or deflation?
Rockslide
What forms when unmelted snow gets compacted down into ice?
A glacier
What is the primary force behind erosion?
Gravity
What is a fertile soil that has equal parts of sand and silt combined with about half as much clay called?
Loam
What contains weathered minerals and some nutrients from the humus?
Subsoil
What unweathered rock that influences the soil above it?
Bedrock
What occurs whenever rocks rub against each other?
Abrasion
What changes rocks into new substances?
Chemical Weathering
The process of breaking down rocks is called...
Erosion
The process of rock changing from one type to another is called...
Rock Cycle
What causes depositions to have a layered look?
Sediments settle according to their weight. The heaviest drops first and the lightest drops last, forming layers
What is the difference between weathering and erosion?
Weathering is the breaking down of rocks. Erosion is the moving of weathered material from one place to another
An area of sediment deposited in the mouth of a river is...
Delta
The process of wind piking up loose sediment and carrying it away is...
Deflation
A pile of rocks and soil deposited by a glacier is...
Moraine
The sediment that a stream carries is...
Load
The dropping of sediments and rocks in a new location is...
Deposition
The largest kind of particle in soil is...
Sand
Decayed organic material found in soil is...
Humus
Small particles of weathered rocks and minerals are..
Sediments
The layers of soil are....
Horizons
The amount of each kind of particle in a soil sample is...
Texture
Mechanical or Chemical Weathering? Oxidation
Chemical
Mechanical or Chemical Weathering? Lichens
Chemical
Mechanical or Chemical Weathering? Carbonic Acid
Chemical
Mechanical or Chemical Weathering? Pressure Release
Mechanical
Mechanical or Chemical Weathering? Frost Heaving
Mechanical
Mechanical or Chemical Weathering? Acid rain
Chemical
Mechanical or Chemical Weathering? Exfoliation
Mechanical
Mechanical or Chemical Weathering? Abrasion
Mecahnical
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