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weathering

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is the process that involves the physical or chemical breakdown of materials on Earths surface

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soil

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is a mixture of weathered rock,organic matter, water, and air that is capable of supporting plant life

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erosion

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is the removal of surface material through the process of weathering

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sediment transport

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when rocks weather, erosional agents like water, ice, wind, and gravity move eroded materials from one place to another in a process

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deposition

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when the eroisional agent slows down or melts it drops this sediment load in a process

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drainage basin

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the land area that gathers water for a major river

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longshore current

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the movement of water parallel to the shoreline

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Do rocks weather at the same rate?

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NO

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What are the two main factors that determine how fast a rock will weather?

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  • rock type

- landscape

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What are the two types of weathering?

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  • Mechanical Weathering

- Chemical Weathering

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What type of change happens with mechanical weathering?

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physical changes

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What types of change happens with chemical weathering?

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Chemical changes

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What are 3 specific types of mechanical weathering?

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  • frost wedging
  • biological activity
  • collisions
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What causes frost wedging?

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when water collects in the cracks of a rock and then freezes

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What is the cycle called during frost wedging?

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Freeze Thaw Cycles

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What causes biological activity?

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plant and animal activity

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What causes weathering during collisions?

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when rocks fall from a cliff or tumble through turbulent rivers

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What is parent material?

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where soil forms from

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What are soil horizons?

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are the different layers of soil

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How many soil horizons are there?

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there can be up to 6

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True or False. All soils contain every soil horizon.

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False

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What are the specific soil horizons?

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  • O
  • A
  • E
  • B
  • C
  • R
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What does the first soil horizon contain?

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O- organic material

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What is the second horizon mostly made up of?

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A- mostly minerals

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Which layer does leaching occur?
E- finer sediment, lets more soluble materials go deeper, known as leaching
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Which horizon collects materials from previous horizons?
B- collects materials from above
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Which layer is partially weathered bedrock?
C- partially weathered bedrock
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Which layer is unweathered bedrock?
R- unweathered bedrock
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Which soil horizon makeup the topsoil?
- O | - A
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Which soil horizon make up the subsoil?
- E | - B
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What are the two types of chemical weathering?
- Oxygen | - Water
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What are chemical changes due to oxygen?
the process chemical reaction is called oxidation | Ex: rust
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What are chemical changes due to water?
the process chemical reaction is called hydrolysis
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Which horizons make up the true horizons
- O - A - E - B
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whats the difference between weathering and erosion?
weathering is the breakdown | erosion removal of the surface material
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what happens to the speed of the river if the slope decreases?
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what are small streams that flow into large rivers called?
tributaries
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what is there land area called that gathers water for a major river ?
drainage basin
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what boundary that separates distinct drainage basins called
drainage divide
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when water flows downhill under the influence of gravity, water erodes earths surface creating what?
channels
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young rivers create what shape?
V- shaped
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what rivers are wide with smooth and gentle slopes?
mature
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when rivers flood and drop their sediment load what is created?
food plains
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what are the fan shape sediment deposits that format the mouth of the river?
deltas
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what are the branching channels called created by deltas?
distributaries
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what forms where the mouth of a river or stream enters?
alluvial fans
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What are the two types of glaciers?
- valley glaciers | - continental glaciers
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Where do valley glaciers form?
in high mountain regions
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Where do continental glaciers form?
large land areas in colder climates
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Where are the two continental glaciers located?
- Greenland | - Antarctica
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What are cirques?
bowl shaped basins
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How does a arete form?
form where 2 adjacent valley glaciers meet and erode a long, sharp ridgeline
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What is a horn within a mountain region?
sharpened peaks
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What shapes of valley glaciers make?
u shaped valleys
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What is a tributary glacier?
small glaciers that feed into the large glaceriers
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what type of valleys do tributary glaciers create?
hanging valleys
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On which side of the dunes does erosion occur?
windward side
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On which side of the dune does deposition occur?
leeward side
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what is it called when the removal all small particles by wind leaving heavier particles behind?
deflation
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When small particles are removed,the remaining surface is called?
desert pavement
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what do the shapes and sizes of land forms due to wing depend on?
- wind speed - amount of time the wind blows - sediment supply
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What are some land forms created by wave erosion?
- coastal cliffs - see arches - sea stacks
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What are two examples of wave deposition?
- sand bars | - sand spits
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What is a sand bar?
land forms that are parallel to the shoreline
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what are sand spits?
sand bars that extend into the water from land and curve back toward land in a hook shape
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what can cause mass wasting?
snow, heavy rains, earthquakes, and human activity
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what are some examples of mass wasting?
- rock slides - mudflows - landslides

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