Weathering and Erosion
2 Types of weathering are: Chemical and ______.
Mechanical weathering
The continuous movement of water from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface and below is known as the _________.
Water Cycle
Divergent Boundary
The amount of water that rock can hold is known as ________.
Porosity
What is Hutch's middle name
Lynn
Weathering is the breakdown of rocks whereas _____ is the movement of weathered material.
Erosion
The combined term from transpiration and evaporation is known as __________.
Evapotranspiration
When one, heavier plate dives beneath another it is known as a _________.
Subduction boundary
How freely water moves through rock is known as ___________.
Permeability
What 7 towns make up MSAD 17
The layers of soil that appear as different bands or stripes are known as ______.
Horizons
A river system is made up of a main stream and all the feeder streams that are known as _________.
Tributaries
When one plate slides along the boundary of another plate it is known as a _____________.
Strike-Slip Boundary
Stalagmites and Stalactites
What is the largest lake in Maine?
Moosehead
Name 1 of the 4 factors that affect the amount of weathering of rocks.
Climate, Topography, Rock Composition, Exposed area
The fan shaped deposit that forms at the mouth of the river is known as a ________.
Delta
Farther away because of a divergent boundary
A body of rock through which large amounts of water can flow and in which much water can be stored is known as an __________.
Aquifer
How old am I?
48
When iron reacts with the oxygen atom in a water molecule to cause a rust color in soil it is known as _________.
Oxidation
When a river meanders a lot a part can be cut off and form this type of lake.
Oxbow Lake
The name for the supercontinent when all the continents were once together was called _______.
Pangea
This mineral is especially vulnerable to chemical weathering and when dissolved will result in a cavern
Limestone
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