Different soil types
What are different types of soil based on?
Particle size and composition
What is the rock cycle?
Describes how rocks are transformed from one type of rock to another.
What are three processes that change the earth's surface?
Weathering, erosion, and plate tectonics.
What is Propagating?
The process of making new organisms.
What is freshwater?
Freshwater consists of systems that have low salinity levels.
What are the main types of soil?
Sand, silt, clay, loamy, chalky, peaty
What are the three different types of rocks?
Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
What is weathering?
The process of breaking down rocks, minerals, and soil through physical or chemical process.
What is involved in the process of transformation between production and consumption.
Changing raw materials and resources into goods and services used by customers.
What is saltwater?
Bodies of water that have high salt content.
What are the three main soll horizons?
O, A, and B
How are igneous rocks formed?
Through the cooling and solidification of molten rock.
What are two forms of weathering?
Physical and chemical weathering
What are prospecting's effects on the environment?
Habitat destruction, Water contamination, and soil degradation
What are the differences between freshwater and saltwater?
Saltwater has high levels of salt content while freshwater has low amounts of salt.
What is a soll horizon?
A layer of soll that differs in composition, texture, and structure.
What is sedimentation?
The process where eroded rock particles accumulate and settle in a new location.
What are agents of erosion?
Water, wind, ice, gravity
What is production and consumptions effect on the environment?
Climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution
What is the saline quantity for freshwater?
Contains less then 0.05% salt.
What is soll structure?
Refers to how soil particles are aggregated together, affecting water drainage.
How can a sedimentary rock become a metamorphic rock?
Through a process called Metamorphism.
What is an example of plate tectonics?
The formulation of Himalayas.
What are the key processes involved in the transformation between production and consumption
Production, distribution, exchange, and consumption
What is the saline quantity for saltwater?
Contains more than 3% of salt.