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7th Grade
09/29/2010

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chemical weathering
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occurs when chemical reaction dissoles the minerals in rocks
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climate
Definition
weather pattern that occurs in a particular area
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humus
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darked color, decaying that gives plants nutriets
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ice wedging
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mecanical weathering process that occurs when water freezes and thats what makes a rock fall apart
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leaching
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a romoval of minerals that have been dissovled in water
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macanical weathering
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a physical process that breaks a rock without changing
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oxidation
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chemical process that occurs when matalic minerals are exposed to oxygen
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soil
Definition
a mixered of weathered rock
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weathering
Definition
mecanical or chemical process
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erosion
Definition
the surface materials a worn
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deflation
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a type of erosion when wind blows
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depotion
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dropping of sediments
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dune
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mound formed when wind blows
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mass movement
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any type of erosion
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slump
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a type of mass movement
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