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Soil and Weathering

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the rubbing, grinding and bumping of rocks that cause physical weathering abrasion
rain that has increased acidity/caused by environmental factors such as air pollutants (materials harmful to the air) acid rain
a type of igneous rock that is dark gray to black in color, the grain can be dense to fine basalt
a common rock forming mineral in Earth's crust calcite
a chemical change that occurs when 2 or more substances combine to make a New substance chemical reaction
the process by which the minerals in a rock can change due to chemicals in water and air. Chemical weathering can cause weather to break chemical weathering
earthy material that is composed mainly of very small particles clay
rock composed of rounded fragments varying from small pebbles to large boulders conglomerate
any nonliving natural resources that makes up Earth, including soil and water earth materials
to become larger than what it was expand
change to ice by lowering the temperature to 32 degrees to 0 degrees freeze
igneous rock that forms inside Earth granite
loose rounded fragments of rock gravel
bits of dead plant and animal parts in the soil humus
a sedimentary rock made mostly of calcite limestone
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