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BSS ESC11 Ch 8-12
Chapter 8
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Science
11th Grade
12/10/2008

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Carbonic acid

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Definition
–noun
the acid, H2CO3, formed when carbon dioxide dissolves in water, known in the form of its salts and esters, the carbonates.

Origin:
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Term

chemical weathering

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Definition
–noun
the acid, H2CO3, formed when carbon dioxide dissolves in water, known in the form of its salts and esters, the carbonates.

Origin:
1785–95[image]
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Creep

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Definition
–verb (used without object)
1.to move slowly with the body close to the ground, as a reptile or an insect, or a person on hands and knees.
Term

erosion

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Definition
noun
1.the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
2.the process by which the surface of the earth is worn away by the action of water, glaciers, winds, waves, etc.
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mechanical weathering

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Definition
the erosion or breakdown of rock into smaller fragments by natural physical agents with no chemicals involved; also called disintegration
Example:  Agents of mechanical weathering are frost, tree roots, etc.
Term

ice wedging

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Definition

When water infiltrates fractures in rock and freezes, the force of expansion is great enough to break
the rock into smaller pieces.

 

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exfoliation

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Definition
  1. To remove (a layer of bark or skin, for example) in flakes or scales; peel.
  2. To cast off in scales, flakes, or splinters
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hydrolysis

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Definition
chemical decomposition in which a compound is split into other compounds by reacting with water.
Term

landslide

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Definition
noun
1.the downward falling or sliding of a mass of soil, detritus, or rock on or from a steep slope.
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mass movement

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Definition

alot of earth moves all at once

 

Term

mudflow

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Definition
noun Geology.
1.a flow of mixed earth debris containing a large amount of water.
2.the dried-out product of such a flow.
Term
[image]oxidation
Definition
noun Chemistry.
1.the process or result of oxidizing.
2.the deposit that forms on the surface of a metal as it oxidizes
Term

parent material

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Definition
The unconsolidated and more or less chemically weathered mineral or organic matter from which the Solum of soils is developed by Pedogenic processes.
 
Term

residual soil

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Definition
the soil that is remaining after the soluble elements have been dissolved 
Term

soil

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Definition
noun
1.the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
2.a particular kind of earth: sandy soil.
Term

soil erosion

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Definition
the washing away of soil by the flow of water 
Term

soil profile

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Definition
a vertical succession of horizons, commonly lettered A, B, C (beginning at the surface), that have been subjected to soil-forming processes, chiefly leaching and oxidation.
2.a diagram of a vertical section of soil depicting the horizons.
Term

subsoil

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Definition
noun
the bed or stratum of earth or earthy material immediately under the surface soil.
Term

topsoil

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Definition
the fertile, upper part of the soil
Term

transported soil

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Definition
soil from another area
Term

weathering

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Definition
material used as a weather strip.
3.Geology. the various mechanical and chemical processes that cause exposed rock to decompose.
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