Chapter 7

Question 1

Weathering

Answer 1

the breaking down and changing of rocks

Question 2

Erosion

Answer 2

When sediment moves from place to place

Question 3

Mechanical weathering

Answer 3

weathering that makes rocks smaller

Question 4

Frost wedging

Answer 4

When water liquifies and solidifies in cracks in rocks

Question 5

Exfoliation

Answer 5

Rock layers are peeled off one by one

Question 6

Chemical weathering

Answer 6

Chemical reactions changing the composition of rocks

Question 7

Hydrolysis

Answer 7

When water reacts with other substances

Question 8

Oxidation

Answer 8

When oxygen reacts with other substances

Question 9

Depositon

Answer 9

Sediments are dropped in their new location

Question 10

Rill erosion

Answer 10

When running water erodes rocks on the side of the slopes in small channels

Question 11

Gully erosion

Answer 11

Deeper/more severe rill erosion

Question 12

Soil

Answer 12

Sediments and decaying biomatter over bedrock

Question 13

Residual soil

Answer 13

Soil still located above the bedrock from which it was formed

Question 14

Transported soil

Answer 14

Soil that has been removed from the bedrock that it was formed from

Question 15

Soil profile

Answer 15

Sequence of soil layers

Question 16

Soil horizon

Answer 16

Layer within soil profile