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Chapter 2 Weathering

Horizontales
gravity pulls a combination of water and soil down a hill
gravity pulls rock and sediment down a hill
When weathered material moves from one place to another
unweathered rock that determines the texture of the soil above it
The process of water freezing under a rock and expanding to push the rock up
primary force behind erosion
Small particles produced by weathering
forms when carbon dioxide dissolves in water
smallest kind of particle in soil, which holds nutrients and water well
loose material at the surface of the earth
sediment that a stream carries
the process of breaking down rocks
ertile soil that has equal parts of sand and silt combined with about half as much clay
mechanical weathering that occurs when sheets of rock peel away
Forms where layers of unmelted snow have compacted into ice
particle that allows water and air to mix in the soil
gravity slowly pulls soil down the slope of a hill
name given to the changing of rock to different types
the amount of each kind of particle in the soil sample
Verticales
happens when a glacier pulls pieces of bedrock loose and carries them along
type of rock that forms from cooled magma
a scientist who studies soil
gravity pulls huge slabs of rock down a mountain
forms when carbon dioxide dissolves in water
One of the three agents of erosion
When blowing wind picks up loose sediment and carries it away
Decayed organic material contained in soil and subsoil
type of rock that forms by great heat and pressure
layer in which plants germinate and roots grow
The largest kind of particle in soil, which allows soil to drain quickly
forms from dissolved calcite and hangs from the ceiling of a cave
occurs when water, wind, or ice drops rocks in a new location
gravity pulls huge amounts of snow down a mountain
a storm in which the wind blows sand close to the ground
Piles of rocks and soil deposited by a glacier
contains weathered minerals and some nutrients from the humus
an area of sediment rich in nutrients that has been deposited at the mouth of a river