Soil Properties
The main properties of soil are
Color, particle size, water retention and ________
Texture
What is the process in which rocks are continuously changing forms called?
The Rock Cycle
Describe deposition
The process where eroded material is dropped in a new location
Deposition LAYS IT DOWN
What land form is created by the Erosion and Deposition of sand through wind?
Sand dunes
Only water and wind cause weathering, erosion, and deposition.
Water, wind and ICE cause weathering, erosion, and deposition.
Which type of soil is the BEST for farming?
Loam Soil
Which type of rock forms from cooled lava or magma?
Describe Erosion
Weathered rock is carried away by wind, water, or ice
Erosion TAKES IT
Which land form is a low area between hills or mountains, usually with a river running through it?
Valley
Clay soil drains water very quickly.
Clay soil RETAINS water and is DIFFICULT to drain.
or
Sandy soil drains water very quickly
Clay soil
Name the 3 types of rock
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Igneous
What are the 2 types of weathering
Mechanical Weathering
Chemical weathering
Weathering BREAKS IT
What land form is created when waves weather, erode, and deposit sand to crate barriers?
Sandbars
The Rock Cycle is a one-time process.
The Rock Cycle is a CONTINUAL process where rocks are changing from one from to another.
A very dark soil that is mostly smooth contains a lot of ____________?
Nutrients/Silt
Forms from high heat and pressure deep within the Earth
What are the 4 causes of Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition?
Water, wind, ice and gravity
How does a Delta form?
deposition of sediment at the mouth of a river
Soil only consists of rock particles.
Give 3 examples
Soil has 7 components
sand, silt, clay, animals, water, air, organic material
The soil type that retains hardly any water
Sandy Soil
What type of rock forms from the layers of sediment?
Sedimentary
Water freezing in a crack and breaking a rock is and example of Weathering, Erosion, or Deposition?
Weathering
100 point bonus (Mechanical Weathering)
Describe a plateau
a large elevated flat area
There are 3 layers or Horizons of soil
Name them in order
There are 5 layers of soil
O Horizon - Organic
A Horizon - Topsoil
B Horizon - Sub Soil
C Horizon - Parent Material
R Horizon - Bedrock