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WaterVocab
Term | Definition |
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Solute | substance that is dissolved (ex. sugar) |
Solvent | substance that does the dissolving (ex. water) |
Solution | mixture that forms when one substance dissolves another |
Weathering | process that breaks down rock and other substances at Earth’s surface |
mechanical weathering | type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces (freezing, thawing, pressure, growth of plants, animals, abrasion) |
Chemical weathering | process that breaks down rock through chemical changes (water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, organisms, acid rain) |
groundwater | water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers |