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Stack #3253082
| word | definition |
|---|---|
| uniformitarianism | the geologic principle that the same geologic processes that operate in the past to change earths surface |
| erosion | the process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered particles of rock and soil |
| weathering | the chemical and physical processes that break down rock and other substances |
| mechanical weather | the type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces |
| chemical weathering | the process in which that breaks down rocks through chemical changes |
| abrasion | the grinding away of rock by other rock |
| frost wedging | process that splits rocks when water seeps into cracks then freezes and expands |
| oxidation | a chemical change in which substance combines with oxygen as when iron oxidizes forming rust |
| permeable | characteristic of a material that contains connected air spaces or pores, that water can seep through eastily |
| bedrock | rock that's made up of earth's crust ;also the solid rock layer beneath the soil |
| decomposer | an organism that gets energy by breaking down waste and dead organisms ,and returns raw |
| fertility | a measure of how well soil supports the plant growth |
| soil | the loose, weathering in which the plants can grow |
| soil horizon | a layer of soil that differs in color and texture from the layers above or below it |
| subsoil | the layer of soil below the topsoil and changes |
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brady jones