Spheres
The major source of energy for the earth is the ____
Sun
What are the two types of weathering?
Physical and Chemical
general term for all materials carried and deposited by a glacier
Glacier Drift
An extremely slow movement of materials downslope is called a ______
A creep
An extremely slow movement of materials downslope is called a ______
Name all five spheres
Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere, Cryosphere, and Atmosphere
__________ occurs when water gets into a crack in a rock, freezes, expands, melts, and repeats
Ice wedging
Glaciers are agents of ________ and ________
Erosion and Deposition
What are the two types of Mass Movement?
Slow and Rapid
What are the three horizons?
A, B, and C
The major gas found in the atmosphere is ______
Nitrogen
List the three agents of abrasion
Moving water, wind, and gravity
sea cliffs, headlands, sea caves, sea arches, sea stacks are formed by what?
Wave action
Mass movement forms new _______ after the different events occur
Landforms
What is the very first step in soil formation?
What two things can disturb the earth's energy budget?
Greenhouse gasses and melting polar ice
___________ is the type of chemical weathering caused by mixing oxygen and other chemicals (ex. rusting)
Oxidation
What are the two types of glaciers?
What are the two things that form as a result of wind deposition?
Dunes and losses
____ ______ is a vertical section of soil that shows the different layers of soil
Soil Profile
Movement of ______ and ______ means spheres interact together
Matter and energy
the process by which the outer layers of rock slowly peel away due to pressure changes is called _______
Exfoliation
What two things help form the shoreline through erosion and deposition?
Waves and currents
The process where the rock’s surface is slowly eroded away to become smooth is called the __________ ______
Sandblasting Effect
What are the two things that can cause low soil fertility?
Dry areas and steep hillsides