Lesson 1 Earth's Surface
What is the sphere that is made of all living things and the places that they live in?
Biosphere
What is physical weathering?
The process by which rock is broken down by physical means
What is the process by which sediment and other materials are moved from one place to another?
Erosion
What are mounds of wind-deposited sand?
Dunes
What are the 3 different horizons mentioned in our book?
A Horizon, B Horizon, and C Horizon
What two spheres are interacting when the cat drinks the water?
Biosphere and Hydrosphere
What is chemical weathering?
The breakdown of rocks by chemical reactions.
What is the process by which eroded material is dropped?
Deposition
What are the 3 terms that describe the movement of large amounts of rocks, minerals, and mud?
Rockfall, landslide, and mudflow
The term that means a loose mixture of small rock fragments, organic matter, water, and air that can support the growth of vegetation.
Soil
What are all 5 of Earths spheres?
Hydrosphere, Cryosphere, Geosphere, Atmosphere, and Biosphere
What are the 5 different types of physical weathering?
Temperature changes, pressure change, animal action, wind water and gravity, and plant growth
What means the amount of water a stream carries in a given amount of time?
Discharge
What is the shifting of materials called?
Mass movement
What describes the spaces between soil particles?
Pore Space
What spheres are interacting when it starts to snow outside?
Cryosphere and Atmosphere
What is another definition for oxidation?
Rusting
What are the two different ways that determine the rate at which rock is eroded?
The hardness of the rock and the energy of the waves.
This term is all of the materials carried and deposited by a glacier?
Glacial drift.
What are the 4 factors that determine how long it takes soils to form?
Rock type, climate, topography, and plants and animals.
What are Earth's 3 layers?
Crust, Mantle, and Core
What is ice wedging?
Ice wedging causes cracks in rocks to expand as water seeps in and freezes
What landform was created by the Colorado river?
The Grand Canyon
What are 2 landforms created by continental glaciers?
Kettle lakes and erratics
What are the 5 different properties that were described in our book?
Soil texture, color, chemistry, pore space, and fertility.