27 Flashcards by Brenden Burnor | Brainscape

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Process that involves the breakdown of chemicals

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Weathering

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Mixture of weathered rock

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Soil

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removal of surface material

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Erosion

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Movement of material

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Sediment transport

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Drops sediment load

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Deposition

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Gathers water from a river

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Drainage basin

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movement of water parallel to the shoreline

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Long shore current

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types

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mechanical and chemical

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type of change mechanical

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physical

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chemical change

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composition

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frost wedging

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water gets in cracks and freezes

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when rocks fall from a cliff

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collisions

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types of chemical

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oxygen and water

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soil horizons

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different layers of soil

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How many soil horizons

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6

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Does every location have 6

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false

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difference between weathering and erosion

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erosion is the removal of surface material

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small streams that flow into a larger river

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tributaries

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a boundary that separates distinct drainage basins is called

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;drainage divide

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2 types of glacier

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valley or continental

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how much of earth is salt water

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how much is freshwater

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where is the majority of freshwater found

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glac

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where is the smaller percent found

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what is infiltration

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what is transpiration

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water from plants

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what is evaporation

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water turning into a gas

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what is condensat

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gss from liquid

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what is the water cycle

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what is an aquifer

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underground hole filled with water

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what is the name of the great plains aquifer

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8 states

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what are the 8 states

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