Weathering 1
Weathering 2
Soil
Human Activies Effect Soil
Review
100
Breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces of the same material
What is Mechanical Weathering
100
Process by which natural forces break dwon rocks
What is Weathering
100
Four materials contained in soil
What is Weathered Rock Particles Organic Matter Water Air
100
Planting different crops on the same field
What is Crop Rotation
100
The term "onion-skin weathering" refers to layers or sheet of rock that gradually break off
What is Exfoliation
200
The process of wearing something (rock) down by friction.
What is Abrasion
200
The Process of rocks going through chemical changes with water and air
What is Chemical Weathering
200
Decayed Organic Matter in Soil
What is What is Humus
200
3 main human causes that harm soil
What is Farming Construction Mining
200
What is the main cause of chemical weathering
What is water
300
The process of water freezing in cracks and pores of a rock
What is Ice Wedging
300
This is the main cause of Chemical Weathering. Salt completly dissolves with this
What is Water
300
Properties of soil can be measured by these 4
What is Texture Color Pore Space Chemistry
300
Plowing amoung the curve or Contours of a slope
What is Countour plowing
300
Causes Mechanical Weathering
What is Ice and Moving Water
400
The process of trees or plants taking root in cracks in rocks
What is Plant Root Growth
400
This process show minerals like iron changing color due to water and air. This happend to the mountains in Sedona
What is Rusting
400
A rockwill weather more quickly in a hot, wet environment than in a cold, dry environment. This is an Example of how
What is Climate effects soil formation
400
Rows of trees planted between fields to "break" the force of winds to avoid carring off soil
What is Windbreaks
400
Small particles that settle out of wind and water are called
What is Sediment
500
3 Rates of which weathering occurs
What is Suface Area, Rock Composition, and Climate
500
The process of which sheet rock gradually breaks off
What is Exfoliation
500
Soil develops in a series of horizontal layers called
What is Soil Horizons
500
Type of rain that dissolves minerals in rocks
What is Acid Rain
500
The breakdown of a rock by acidic water is an example of
What is Chemical Weathering
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