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| When soil is washed away from the parent rock it is called... |
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| The arrangement of soil particles is called... |
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| The quality of the soil that is based on the size of the particles is called... |
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| When does a sedimentary rock change into a metamorphic rock? |
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| When it is exposed to heat and pressure |
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| What type of rock begins as magma? |
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| What is the source of mineral fragments in the soil called? |
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| Rocks are broken down into smaller pieces |
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| What determines the texture of the soil? |
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| The size of the particles. |
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| What is the core mostly made up of? |
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| What is the solid part of the core? |
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| What layer makes up 67% of Earth's surface? |
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| What is the lower part of the mantle? |
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| What is the layer that is made up of the upper mantle and crust called? |
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| What is the liquid part of the core? |
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| What layer flows and is made of rock? |
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| What is the thin solid layer that lies above the mantle? |
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| The S wave cannot travel through_______ |
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| The most damamge in an earthquake is caused by... |
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| What type of movement does the P- Wave travel in? |
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| Sudden movements in earth's crust |
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| During an earthquake, what is the break in the rock called? |
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| What occurs at the epicenter? |
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| Shock waves reach the earth's surface |
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| What is crop rotation used for? |
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| To avoid depleting the same nutrients from the soil |
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| What helps to bring the nutrients back to the soil when planting between harvests? |
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| What is used to change to change steep hills into smaller and flatter. |
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| What prevents the erosion of sloping hills ? |
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| What prevents the erosion of the soil that gives a cover to lessen water runoff? |
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