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| is the movement of rock perticles by wind, water, ice, or gravity. |
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| (Physical) Mechanical Weathering |
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| is the type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces of rock. |
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| is the grinding away of rock by rock pertcales carried by water, ice, wind, or gravity. |
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| is when water seeps into cracks in the rock and frezzes, which then expands breaking the rock into the rock more. Then the water melts and the whole process repeats. |
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| is the process that breaks down rock through Chemical Changes. |
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| is a material full of tiny connected air spaces that alloe water to seep through it. |
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| is the loose weathered material on Earth's surface that polants can grow. |
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| is the soild layer of rock beneath soil. |
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| is a dark-colored substance that forms as plant and animal remains decay. |
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| is soil that is made up of equal parts ofclay, sand, and silt. |
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| is a layer of soil that differs in color and texture from the layer above or below. |
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| is soil that is made up of equal parts ofclay, sand, and silt. |
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| is a crumbly dark brown soil that is a mixture of humus, clay, and other materials. |
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| usally consists of clay and other particales washed down from the horizon, but little humus. |
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| is sheded leaves from plants that forms a loose layer. |
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| are the organisms that break the remains of dead organisms into smaller pieces and digest them with chemicals. |
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| is a thick amass of tough roots at the surface of the soil. |
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| is one that is naturally replaced in reletively short time. |
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| was an area where wind erosion caused severe loss of topsoil during the 1930's. |
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| is the management of soil to prevent its destruction. |
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| is the practice of plowing fields along the curves of a slope. |
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| is when people disturbs the soil and its palnt cover as little as possible. |
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| the process that breaks down rock. |
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