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| is the process that breaks rock and other substances at Earth's surface |
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| is the movement of rock particles by wind, water, ice, or gravity. |
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| Mechanical Wheathering or Physical Weathering |
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| is the type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces of rock |
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| The griding away of rock by rock particles carried away by water, ice, wind, or gravity |
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| Wedges of ice in rocks widen and deepen cracks |
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| process that braks down rock through chemiclal changes. |
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| a material is full of tiny connected air spaces that allow water to seep through it |
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| loose weatherd material on earth' surface in which plants can grow |
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| is the solid layer of rock beneath the soil |
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| is a dark-colored substance that forms as plant and animal remains decay |
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| soil that is made up of about equal aprts of clay, snd and silt |
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| is a layer of soil that differs in color and texture from the other layers above it. |
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| a crumbly, dark brown soil that is a mixture of humus clay and other minerals |
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| usually consists of clay and other particles washed down fromthe A horizon but, little humus |
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| when plants shed leaves, it forms a loose layer |
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| organisms that brad the remains of dead organisms into smaller pieces and digest them with chemicals |
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| the thick mass of toughroots at the surface of the soil-kept the soil in place and held onto moisture |
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| is one that is naturally replaced in a relativley short time. |
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| was an area where the wind erosion caused severe loss of topsoil during the 1930s |
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| is the management of soils to prevent its desturction. |
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| is the practice of plowing fields along the curves of a slope |
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| disturbs the soil and its plant cover as little as possibel |
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