Minerals, Soil, Rocks, And Weathering
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| show | the process by which rocks break down due to environmental and chemical processes
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| Mechanical weathering is... | show 🗑
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| show | the appearance
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| show | ice wedging, burrows, and and plant roots cracking rock
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| Chemical weathering is... | show 🗑
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| show | the chemical composition
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| Three causes of chemical weathering are: | show 🗑
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| What is ice wedging? | show 🗑
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| show | carbonic acid reacts with the calcite in the limestone
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| What is oxidation? | show 🗑
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| In order for a rock to rust, it most likely contains this element. | show 🗑
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| How does climate affect the rate of weathering? | show 🗑
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| How does surface area affect the rate of chemical weathering? | show 🗑
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| show | weathered rock, decayed organic matter, mineral fragments,water and air
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| show | O, A, B, C, and bedrock
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| show | profile
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| Horizon O is found... | show 🗑
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| Horizon O consists of... | show 🗑
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| show | below O and above B
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| show | highly decomposed matter in a mineral matrix
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| Horizon B is found... | show 🗑
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| Horizon B consists of... | show 🗑
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| Horizon C is found... | show 🗑
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| Horizon C consists of... | show 🗑
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| show | parent material
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| show | the transportation of material through sucking the material from the A horizon to the B horizon
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| Dark, nutrient rich humus can be found in this horizon. | show 🗑
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| show | C
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| show | B
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| show | a dark colored substance and formed as plant and animal remains decay
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| What does humus provides for vegetation? | show 🗑
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| What horizon has the most nutrient rich soil, favorable for plant growth? | show 🗑
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| Which is the least favorable? | show 🗑
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| show | climate, slope of land, types of rock, types of vegetation, and the amount of time between weathering
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| Why is A horizon darker than B horizon? | show 🗑
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| What are the steps in the process by which soil forms? | show 🗑
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| Why does soil in NJ look different than soil in California? | show 🗑
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| show | Downer Soil
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| What does our soil mainly consist of? | show 🗑
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| What are all the characteristics that all minerals share? | show 🗑
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| show | magma and solution
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| show | orderly, repeated patterns
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| show | hardness, streak, luster, and cleavage and fracture
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| show | Moh's Hardness Scale
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| What is the difference between a mineral that breaks with cleavage and a mineral that breaks with fracture? | show 🗑
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| show | magnetism
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| show | reactivity
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| show | a highly prized mineral
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| Some examples of gems are... | show 🗑
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| What is an ore? | show 🗑
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| Some examples of ores are... | show 🗑
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| show | oxygen
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| Why was the rock cycle created? | show 🗑
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| How does the Principle of the Conservation of Matter relate to the rock cycle? | show 🗑
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| Due to weathering and erosion, rocks are broken down into smaller pieces called... | show 🗑
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| show | weathering is the breaking down of rocks and erosion is the movement of sediments
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| Where does an extrusive igneous rock form? | show 🗑
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| Does it cool quickly or slowly? | show 🗑
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| show | inside the earth
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| show | slowly
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| show | foliated has layers and non-foliated don't have layers
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| What are the three types of sedimentary rocks and where do their sediments come from? | show 🗑
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| What type of rock is limestone? | show 🗑
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| What type of rock is granite? | show 🗑
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| show | granite
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| show | it smoothes out
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