Weathering 1
The type of weathering that breaks rocks into smaller pieces
What is Mechanical?
Name the three types of soil.
What are sand, silt, and clay?
This mechanical weathering takes place when water in a crack of a rock freezes.
What is ice wedging?
This is what is being tested by the scientist.
Weathering breaks down rocks and soil. Erosion ________________ rocks and soil.
What is transport?
The type of weathering that keeps the chemical makeup of rocks the same
What is Mechanical?
This type of soil has a large surface space and holds water.
What is clay?
This is a constant rubbing of rocks due to gravity or water.
What is abrasion?
These cannot change throughout the experiment.
What are constants?
The two main agents of soil erosion are ______________ and _______________.
What are wind and water?
The type of weathering water is involved in
What is mechanical and chemical weathering?
Soils that allow water to flow through are called _______________.
What is permeable?
These two living things break apart rocks.
What are plants and animals?
Every experiment must have this for comparison.
What is the control?
Soil erosion takes place where the soil has been _________________.
What is disturbed?
The process when oxygen strongly reacts to Earth's elements
What is oxidation?
This soil is made of organic material and makes fertile topsoil.
What is humus?
This changes the composition of a mineral by breaking it down.
What is chemical weathering?
This changes as a result of the independent variable.
What is the dependent variable?
This protects the soil where logging takes place.
What is replant forests?
This weak acid created by carbon dioxide and rainwater dissolves rocks
What is carbonic acid?
This is a combination of sand, silt, and clay.
What is loam?
Water chemically weathers rock in ____________.
What is hydrolysis?
This must be recorded and analyzed during and after every experiment.
Data
This protects agricultural farmland from erosion.
What is No Till Planting?