Water Cycle
Recycling of water throughout the atmosphere
water cycle
most abundant gas in the atmosphere
nitrogen
refers to the size of the particles that make up the soil and depends on the proportion of sand, silt, clay-sized particles, and organic matter in the soil.
soil texture
The three components of soil texture
clay, sand, silt
The substance that makes up Horizon O
Organic Material
water changing from a gas to a liquid in clouds and falling to the ground
percipitation
the middle layer of the atmosphere
mesosphere
the way the sand, silt, and clay particles are clumped together.
soil structure
the largest component of soil texture
sand
Under the subsoil
parent rock
on mt everest this occurs when water goes straight from a solid to a gas
sublimation
the layer where weather occurs
troposphere
the pores within the soil.
porosity
the component that retains the most water
clay
Under the parent rock
Bedrock
suspended water particles in a cloud very close to ground level
fog
where the ionosphere is located
thermosphere
Soils can be acidic, alkaline, or neutral.
chemistry
you use to determine a soil's texture
soil texture triangle
Soil layers that have gained materials from other layers by water movement
eluviated soil
the chemical formula for water
H2O
the order of the layers of the atmosphere inner to outermost.
troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere
Soil colors range from black to red to white.
color
90% sand, 5% silt, and 5%clay
sand
The letter classification for the soil horizon layers.
O, A, E, B, C, or R.