Weathering
The process by which chemicals combine with oxygen is called?
Oxidation
What is a fan shaped deposit formed on land?
What is an alluvial fan
What is decayed organic matter cvalled?
What is Humus
Name the three (3) types of rocks
Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic
What was the single land mass called?
What is Pangaea
The breaking down of rocks material by the mechanical action of other rocks is called?
What is Abrasion
The process by which material is moved from one place to another is called what?
Erosion
What is a loose mixture of small rock fragments, organic matter, water and air called?
What is soil
What is the process by which rocks change from one type to another?
What is the rock cycle
The lithospere is divided into pieces called what?
What are Tectonic plates
Rocks becoming smaller and smaller without a change in composition is called?
Physical weathering
What's a shoreline
What is the vertical section of soil that shows all the different layers is called what?
What is soil profile
What type rock was used in the building of the Sphinx and Giza pyramids?
What is limestone
What are plates that collide called?
What are Convergent plates.
Name 3 burrowing animals
what are: ground squirrels, prairie dogs, ants, and earthworms
What is water located within the rocks below Earths' surface?
What is groundwater
What's the name of the horizon at the top of the soil profile called?
What is the Topsoil
What rock forms from the cooling of lava and magma?
What is Igneous rock
What type of plates move away from each othert are called what?
What are Diovergent plates
Name the 3 thpes of weathering
Physical, Chemical, Biological
What is an area of shoreline that is made uo of material deposited bt waves and currents?
What is a beach
Name at least five (5) colors soil can be
What is: Black, brown, red, orange, yellow, gray, or white
What type rocks are fossils usually found?
What is sedimentary rocks
What are boundaries called that slip pass each other called?
What are Transform boundaries