27 Flashcards
Process that involves the breakdown of chemicals
Weathering
Mixture of weathered rock
Soil
removal of surface material
Erosion
Movement of material
Sediment transport
Drops sediment load
Deposition
Gathers water from a river
Drainage basin
movement of water parallel to the shoreline
Long shore current
types
mechanical and chemical
type of change mechanical
physical
chemical change
composition
frost wedging
water gets in cracks and freezes
when rocks fall from a cliff
collisions
types of chemical
oxygen and water
soil horizons
different layers of soil
How many soil horizons
6
Does every location have 6
false
difference between weathering and erosion
erosion is the removal of surface material
small streams that flow into a larger river
tributaries
a boundary that separates distinct drainage basins is called
;drainage divide
2 types of glacier
valley or continental
how much of earth is salt water
how much is freshwater
where is the majority of freshwater found
glac
where is the smaller percent found