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100

The breaking down of rock on Earth's surface into smaller pieces.

What is weathering?

100

Root wedging is an example of what?

What is Mechanical (physical) Weathering?

100

Allows liquids or gasses to pass through it.

What is permeable?

100

Muddy water being carried away by a fast-moving river is an example of...

What is erosion?

100

Small pieces that break off of rocks.

What is sediment?

200

The weakening and damaging of rock by chemical reactions.

What is Chemical Weathering?

200

What is the major agent of erosion that has shaped Earth's land surface?

What is water?

200

No plants can enter this area of soil profile.

What is bedrock or Horizon R?

200

When rainwater seeps into cracks in rocks and __________, it expands and causes the rock to split apart.

What is freezes?

200

The wearing, grinding, or rubbing away of rocks by friction. 

What is abrasion?

300

Huge sheets of ice that move slowly over land.

What are glaciers?

300

Some rivers form S-shaped curves called this.

What is a meander?

300

Plantlike organisms that live on rocks.

What is lichen?

300

The name of the layer of soil below the topsoil. This soil is full of minerals and rocks.

What is subsoil?

300

This is the slow downhill movement of a large amount of rock and sediment due to gravity.

What is creep?

400

The sudden movement of rocks and soil down the side of a hill because of gravity and rain.

What is a landslide?

400

This part of a river has been cut-off from the main channel and remains as its own source of water.

What is oxbow lake?

400

Weathering occurs quicker in this type of climate.

What is hot/warm and wet?

400

What is this?


What is a slump?

400

A growing pile of deposited sediment at the mouth of a river.

What is a delta?

500

Mountains and other surface features of the land.

What are landforms?

500

What is another name for the all of the soil horizons together?

What is soil profile?

500

What are the four types of mass movements?

What is slump, creep, mudflow, and landslide?
500

This is formed when sand is blown away and deposited elsewhere.

What are sand dunes?

500

A force that pulls objects toward each other.

What is gravity?

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