Chapter 2-1
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Chapter 3-1
Chapter 3-2
100
Contour plowing is a practice that involves
What is plowing fields along the curves of a slope?
100
The movement of rock particles by wind, water, ice, or gravity is called
What is erosion?
100
When _________becomes dissolved in rainwater and sinks into the soil, the result is an acid that can weather marble.
What is carbon dioxide?
100
The amount of sediment in a river is called its
What is load?
100
The Missouri River can be called a tributary because it
What is flows into the Mississippi River?
200
The loose, weathered material on Earth's surface is called
What is soil?
200
George Washington Carver taught farmers in the South in the early 1930's
What is methods of soil conservation?
200
The soil loss on the southern Great Plains in the 1930's caused the area to be called the
What is Dust Bowl?
200
The till deposited at the edge of a glacier forms a ridge called a(n)
What is moraine?
200
Because of long shore drift,
What is sediment moves down a beach with the current?
300
The rate of weathering depends on the type of rock and on the
What is climate?
300
What kind of soil is best for growing plants?
What is loam?
300
An area's ___________ and plant life help to determine what type of soil forms.
What is climate?
300
What is the force that pulls rock and soil down slopes?
What is gravity?
300
A glacier forms in an area where more snow falls than
What is melts?
400
The grinding away of rock by other rock particles carried by wind, water, or ice is called
What is abrasion?
400
When material contains air spaces that allow water to seep through, it is said to be
What is permeable?
400
After a rainfall, the water that moves over Earth's surface is called
What is runoff?
400
Waves erode the land through impact and
What is abrasion?
400
Landslides and slump are forms of
What is mass movement?
500
Fungi, protists, bacteria, and worms are the main soil
What is decomposers?
500
Decayed organic material in soil is called
What is humus?
500
The process by which erosion lays down sediment in new locations is called
What is deposition?
500
When a river flows out of a steep, narrow mountain valley, an alluvial fan forms because
What is the river water slows down?
500
A channel along which water is continually flowing down a slope is
What is a stream?
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