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| The physcal processes that break down rock at earths surface |
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| The process by witch water ice wind or gravity moves fragments of rock and soil |
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| Mechanical/physcal Weathering |
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| The type of weathering in witch rock is broken into smaller peices |
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| The grinding away of rock particles carried by water ice wind and gravity |
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| The process that splits rock when water seeps in to cracks then freezes and expands |
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| charicteristic of matereals such as sand and gravel that allows water and sand to pass through them |
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| The process that breaks down rock through chemical changes |
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| the loose weatherd matereal on earths surface wich plants can grow |
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| the solid layer of rock beneath the soil |
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| dark coloerd organic materal in the soil |
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| rich fertile soil thats made of = parts of clay sand and silt |
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| a layer of soil that differs in color and texture than the layers below and above it |
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| the mixture of humus clay and other minerals that form the crumbly layer on top |
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| the layer of soil beneath the topsoil that containes mostly clay and other minerals |
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| trash on the side of the road |
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| an organism that breaks down large molecules from dead orginisms into small molecules and returns important to the environment |
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| a thick mass of grass roots and soil |
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| a resourse that is naturaly replaced in a relativly short time |
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| the aera of the great planees where wind erosion caused soil loss in the 1930s |
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| the management of soil to prevent its destruction |
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| the process of plowing fields along the slopes to prevent soil loss |
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| disturbs the soil and plants as little as possible |
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