Rock Particles
Sand
What is the biggest rock particle
High amount of runoff water
What causes mountains
Quartzite, Marble, Slate
Examples of Metamorphic Rock
Glacial Deposit
Ice
Soil Horizon
What is each layer of soil called
Silt
What is the second smallest rock particle
Erosion
Water moves soil particles
Sandstone, Limestone, Shale
Examples of sedimentary Rock
Marine Deposit
Oceans
Organic layer of decaying plant and animal parts
O layer
Clay
The smallest rock particle
Valley
Low amount of runoff water
Rock particles pressured together
Lacustrine Deposit
Lakes
Solum
Where the roots of the plants grow