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| Breakdown of rock into smaller pieces of the same material; No change in composition of rock, or bits it breaks into | Mechanical weathering
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| The process in which layers or sheets of rock gradually break off | Exfoliation
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| The process of weathering down rock by friction | Abrasion
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| The breakdown of rock by chemical reactions that change the rock's composition | Chemical Waethering
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| The decayed organic matter in soil | Humus
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| A soil layer with physical and chemical properties that differ from those of soil layers above or below it | Soil horizon
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| Teh soil horizons in a specific location; a cross section of soil layers that displays all soil horizons | Soil profile
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| The expansion of desert conditions in areas where the natural plant cover has been destroyed | Desertification
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| Recently fallen organic matter | Surface litter
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| A naturally formed solid that is usually made of one or more types of minerals | Rock
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| Cutting down of trees | Deforestation
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| Actions and influences which cause land to break down. May include agricultural practices (fertilizers, machinery use/plowing, monocropping, overgrazing, irrigation) | Degradation
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| The process of items dissolving into the soil | Leaching
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| The process by which weathered (broken down) particles, such as pebbles, sand, and dust, are carried away and deposited somewhere else by wind, water, gravity, or ice | Erosion
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| A mixture of weathered rock, decayed plant and animal material, water, and air | Soil
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| A type of powdery, slippery soil | Silt
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| The protection and preservation of soil | Soil Conservation
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| Loose material from erosion and weathering | Sediment
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| The process by which natural forces break down rocks | Weathering
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