The breaking down of rock on Earth's surface into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
Root wedging is an example of what?
What is Mechanical (physical) Weathering?
Allows liquids or gasses to pass through it.
What is permeable?
Muddy water being carried away by a fast-moving river is an example of...
What is erosion?
Small pieces that break off of rocks.
What is sediment?
The weakening and damaging of rock by chemical reactions.
What is Chemical Weathering?
What is the major agent of erosion that has shaped Earth's land surface?
What is water?
No plants can enter this area of soil profile.
What is bedrock or Horizon R?
When rainwater seeps into cracks in rocks and __________, it expands and causes the rock to split apart.
What is freezes?
The wearing, grinding, or rubbing away of rocks by friction.
What is abrasion?
Huge sheets of ice that move slowly over land.
What are glaciers?
Some rivers form S-shaped curves called this.
What is a meander?
Plantlike organisms that live on rocks.
What is lichen?
The name of the layer of soil below the topsoil. This soil is full of minerals and rocks.
What is subsoil?
This is the slow downhill movement of a large amount of rock and sediment due to gravity.
What is creep?
The sudden movement of rocks and soil down the side of a hill because of gravity and rain.
What is a landslide?
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?
Weathering occurs quicker in this type of climate.
What is hot/warm and wet?
What is this?
What is a slump?
A growing pile of deposited sediment at the mouth of a river.
What is a delta?
Mountains and other surface features of the land.
What are landforms?
What is another name for the all of the soil horizons together?
What is soil profile?
What are the four types of mass movements?
This is formed when sand is blown away and deposited elsewhere.
What are sand dunes?
A force that pulls objects toward each other.
What is gravity?