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BSS ESC11 CH 8-12 vocab
chapter 8
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Science
11th Grade
12/10/2008

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Soil

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What partially makes up the earths surface?

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Soil Creep

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Very slow way of mass wasting
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Carbonic Acid

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A type of acid that disolves calcite and other minerals
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Chemical Weathering

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The proccess by which rocks are decomposed, dissolved or loosened by chemical proccess to to form residual materials

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Erosion

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very slowly disintigrating and moving particles
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Exfoliation

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Rocks breaking apart in layered chunks and sliding apart
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Hydrolysis

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A chemical reaction in wich water molecules split into hydrogen and hydroxcide wich go and participate in further reactions
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Ice Wedging

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rocks are broken apart by water going in the cracks, freezing and expanding
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Landslide

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A wide range of ground movement, rocks fall, slopes and shallow degrees falls wich can occur in off shore, on shore and coastal envirnments

 

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Mass movement

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Large mass of rocks and other minerals moving and falling
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Mechanical weathering

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rocks physically being broken down by wind, water and ice
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Mudflow

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soil and other minerals being carried away by water to create mud
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Oxidation

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the breaking down of minerals by being exposed to oxygen
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Parent material

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the original material that the broken parts come from
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Residual soil

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The soil that is left after the soluble mineral are absorbed
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Soil Erosion

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Compact soil that gets worn away by water, air and wind

 

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Soil profile

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The layers of sol and how long they have been there and what they are made of
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Subsoil

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a layer of soil under the top soil
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Topsoil

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The top layer of soil on top of the sub soil
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Transported soil

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Packed soil that is transported away by rivers and streams
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Weathering

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Wind water and ice wearing away at materials in the rock
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