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What are the three types of soil?
Sand,Silt,Clay
What do you call the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces?
Weathering
What do you call the laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water, the sea or ice?
Deposition
What do you call the movement of weathered rock and soil?
Erosion
What can humans do to the enviroment?
O (topsoil)
What is the action of a tree stump splitting bedrock called?
Physical Weathering
After a heavy rain storm, loose dirt in a field moved around and crated channels and mounds. What two processes occurred? How can you tell?
Deposition and Erosion
What are some ways that HELP prevent erosion?
Plating trees/adding mulch and rocks
What does building houses/construction do to the soil?
Takes away the layer of topsoil and vegetation causing for more erosion
Name the different particle sizes from LEAST to GREATEST
Clay, Silt, Sand
What is chemical weathering?
Changing the chemical composition of rocks and minerals by exposure to water, oxygen, acids, or other substances.
What are examples of landforms created by depostion?
Dunes, deltas, Meander
What are the four factors of erosion?
Ice, Water, Wind, and Garvity
What is Deforestation and does it help make erosion better or worse?
Humans cutting down trees can expose the soil to more water and wind erosion
Name the soil horizons in order:
O,A,B,C,R
Give me two examples of chemical weathering:
Oxidation, Acid rain, Hydrolysis
Explain deposition in a beach setting
Beach waves dropping sand to create a beach
What does rushing water do to a jagged rock?
Overtime the water will smooth out the rock
An event such as a flood, earthquake, or hurricane that causes great damage or loss of life.
Natural disaster
Why is soil in a garden darker than soil in a soccer field?
Garden soil has more decomposed organic matter
Cold weather
Explain the process of a delta being created:
Sediments being carried by wind and water settling and DEPOSITING on the ocean floor. Overtime building up to create land above sea level.
Reword erosions definition not using the word "move"
Transport, relocate, migrate, transfer
What is Ms.Guys favorite animal?
Frog