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Weathering
Anderson
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Science
7th Grade
09/29/2010

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chemical weathering
Definition
occers when chemical reactions dissolve the minerals in rocks or change them into different minerals.
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climate
Definition
weather pattern that occurs in a particular area over many years.
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humus
Definition
dark colored, decayed organic matter that supplies nutrients to plants and is found mainly in topsoil.
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ice wedging
Definition
mechanical weathering process that occurs when water freezes in the cracks of rocks and expands, causeing the rock to break apart
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leaching
Definition
removal of minerals that have been dissolved in water.
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mechanical weathering
Definition
physilcal process that breaks rock apart without changing their chemical makeup, can be caused by ice wedging, animals, and plant roots.
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oxidation
Definition
chemical weathering process that occurs when metallic material is exposed to oxygen and water over time.
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soil
Definition
mixture of weathered rock, decayed organic matter, mineral fragments, water, and air that can take thousands of years to develope.
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weathering
Definition
mechanical or chemical surface processes that break rocks into smaller and smaller pieces.
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erosion
Definition
prosses in which surface materials are worn away and transported from one place to another by agents, such as gravity, water, wind, and glaciers.
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deflation
Definition
a type of erosion that occurs when wind blows over loose sediments, removes small particals, and leaves coarser sediments behind.
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deposition
Definition
dropping of sediments that occurs when an agent of erosion, such as gravity, a glacier, wind, or water, loses its energy and can no longer carry its load.
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dune
Definition
mouned formed when windblown sediment pile up behind an obstacle, common landform in dessert areas.
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mass movement
Definition
any type of erosion that occurs as gravity moves materials downslope.
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slump
Definition
a type of mass movement that occurs when a mass of material moves down a curved slope.
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