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Earth science

Vocab for science test

QuestionAnswer
Qualitative Data with observations, opinions and personal interpretation
Quantitative Data with specific numbers, dates, and time with things not up to interpretation
Inorganic Never living
Weathering Breaking down of rocks in one location
Erosion Moving of rocks with wind, water etc to break them down in difference locations
Elevation Height off the ground
Sedimentary Rocks Rocks formed by compaction
Relative Dating Finding about how old a rock is based on other rocks in chronological order
Law of Cross-cutting relationships Any intrusion or fault that occurs is younger that whatever sediment it affects because it happens after that sediment is placed
Uplift Earth's crust rising vertically due to tectonic forces causing deep rock to be exposed to weathering and erosion (also the cause of mountains)
Down-cutting Type of erosion where a stream or river deepens a channel by wearing away at it
Law of Superposition Sediment rock placed first will always be the oldest and sediment placed last will always be the youngest
Law of Original Horizontality Sediments are deposited horizontally due to gravity. If one is tilted or folded a geological event happened after it was placed
Sequence Order of sediment placed
Arid Very dry conditions
Unconformity A break or change in rock pattern
Deposition The process of laying or setting material
Diversion Change in direction or flow of material
Watershed A piece of land where all precipitation goes
Tributary River or stream flowing into a bigger river or stream
Porosity How much space is in between sediments packed together
Permeability How fast liquid travels through sediments packed together
Infiltration Liquids ability to travel through sediment packed together
Retention Keeping something
Spatial Space and location
Temporal Time and sequence
Chemical weathering Breaking down a materials chemical make up (not able to be put back together, forever changed/nonreversible
Physical weathering Physical changing the material (able to be put back together or changed back/reversible)
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