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A weak acid formed when carbon
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Chemical Weathering
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| breakdown or decomposition of rock that takes place when minerals are changed into different substances |
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| Slow, often invisible, movement of soil down a slope |
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| process by ehich earth materials are moved by natural agents like moving water, wind, and ice |
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| peeling or surface layers from exposed bedrock |
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| Any chemical reaction of water with other substances |
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| mechanical weathering process in which water freezing in cracks of rocks wedges rocks apart |
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| A sudden movement of a mass of bedrock or loose rock down the slope of a hill, a mountain, or a cliff |
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| the downslope movement of large masses of earth materials due to the pull of gravity |
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Mechanical weathering [image] |
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| Disintegration that take places when rock is broken into smaller pieces without changing its chemical composition |
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| the rapid downhill movements of water-saturated mass of clay and silt |
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| the chemical reaction of oxygen with other substances |
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| rock material from which a soil is formed |
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| soil that has the local bedrock as its parent material |
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loose, wathered rock and organic material in which plants with roots can grow |
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| renoval or valuable topsoil by wind or moving or moving water |
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| cross section of soil layers above the parent material, usually consisting of the A-,B-, and C-horizons |
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| the B-horizon of soil that contains clay and iron oxides washed from the topsoil |
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| the A-horizon of soil; contains organic material, or humus, that forms from decayed plant and animal materials |
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| Soil that formed from parent material left by winds, rivers, or glaciers or soil that itself was moved from its original location |
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| the process in which rocks are broken by the action of water, the atmosphere, and organisms |
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