Question | Answer |
THE AMOUNT OF EACH KIND OF SOIL PARTICLE IN A SAMPLE DETERMINE THE _______ OF THE SOIL. | TEXTURE |
WHAT ARE MULTIPLE LAYERS OF SOIL CALLED? | HORIZONS |
AS A GLACIER MELTS IT DEPOSITS SOIL AND ROCK INTO PILES THAT ARE CALLED ____________. | MORAINES |
OCCURS WHEN ROCKS RUB AGAINST EACH OTHER. | ABRASION |
SMALL PARTICLES PRODUCED BY WEATHERING. | SEDIMENT |
SEDIMENT USED FOR FARMING | NUTRIENTS |
SEDIMENT AND ROCKS DROPPING IN A NEW LOCATION | DEPOSITION |
FORMED WHEN MAGMA COOLS | IGNEOUS |
PROCESS OF BREAKING DOWN ROCKS INTO SMALLER PIECES. | MECHANICAL WEATHERING |
A PARTICLE THAT ALLOWS WATER AND AIR TO MIX IN THE SOIL. | SILT |
THE PRIMARY FORCE BEHIND EROSION | GRAVITY |
THE PROCESS OF BREAKING DOWN ROCKS. | WEATHERING |
WATER, WIND, ICE. | AGENTS OF EROSION |
SEDIMENT THAT A STREAM CARRIES | LOAD |
DECAYED ORGANIC MATERIAL | HUMUS |
AREA AT THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER | DELTA |
THE PROCESS OF CHANGE THAT SCIENTISTS THINK HAPPENS TO ROCK. | ROCK CYCLE |
THE MOST COMMON KINDS OF CHEMICAL WEATHERING ARE (A) OXIDATION AND ACID REACTION WITH MINERALS OR (B) FROST AND ABRASION | (A) OXIDATION AND ACID REACTION WITH MINERALS |
GOD USES WEATHERING TO BREAK DOWN ROCKS TO FORM SOIL AND ____________NEEDED FOR PLANTS TO GROW. (A)TO PROVIDE WATER (B) TO REPLENISH THE MINERALS | (B) TO REPLENISH THE MINERALS |
TRUE OR FALSE. SPELEOTHEMS IN CAVERNS ARE A RESULT OF CHEMICAL WEATHERING. | TRUE |
WHAT IS LOOSE WEATHERED MATERIAL MOVING FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER. | EROSION |
TRUE OR FALSE. BECAUSE OF INDUSTRIAL SMOKE AND EXHAUST FROM CARS, CITIES ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE ACID RAIN. | TRUE |
BECAUSE SEDIMENT DROPS ACCORDING TO ITS WEIGHT, DEPOSITIONS OFTEN HAVE (A)LAYERS (B) CRACKS | (A) LAYERS |
WHEN GRAVITY IS THE PRIMARY FACTOR IN ROCKS AND SEDIMENT MOVING, THE MOVEMENT IS CALLED (A) WAVE EROSION, (B)MASS MOVEMENTS | (B) MASS MOVEMENTS |
NAME THE THREE CLASSIFICATIONS OF ROCK. | IGNEOUS, SEDIMENTARY, METAMORPHIC |
NAME THE 5 SOIL HORIZONS | O HORIZON, TOPSOIL OR A HORIZON, SUBSOIL OR B HORIZON, C HORIZON, BEDROCK OR R HORIZON |
TRUE OR FALSE. MOIST CLIMATES USUALLY EXPERIENCE MORE CHEMICAL WEATHERING THAN DRY CLIMATES. | TRUE |
NAME AN AREA MOST LIKE TO EXPERIENCE WIND EROSIONS. | COASTAL AREAS. |
WHAT MAKES UP SOIL? | SMALL PARTICLE OF ROCKS AND MINERALS PRODUCED FROM WEATHERING ALONG WITH WATER AIR AND HUMUS. |
NAME THE AGENTS OF EROSION | WATER, WIND, ICE, GRAVITY |