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 |