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Question 1

the prosecess that invloves chemical or phiscial braek down of the earths crust

Answer 1

Weathering

Question 2

a misture of weathered rock organic matter water and air that is capable of supporting plant life

Answer 2

soil

Question 3

as rocks weather erosional agents like water ice wind gravity

Answer 3

sediment transport

Question 4

is the removal of surface material through the proccess of weathering

Answer 4

erosion

Question 5

when ersoin agents drop materail off indifferent places

Answer 5

deposition

Question 6

the land area that gathers water for a major river

Answer 6

drainage basin

Question 7

the movement of water parallel to the shore line

Answer 7

longshore current

Question 8

what is weathering

Answer 8

the break down of materials on earths surface

Question 9

do rocks weather at the same rate

Answer 9

no different

Question 10

what are the two main factors that determine how fast a rock will weather

Answer 10

location and tempeture

Question 11

what are the two types of weathering

Answer 11

mechanical weathering and chemical weathering

Question 12

what type of change happens with mechamical weathering

Answer 12

breaks rock into smaller pieces

Question 13

what type of change happens with chemical weathering

Answer 13

chemical reactions to form new minerals

Question 14

what are the three types of mechanical weathering

Answer 14

frost wedging biological

Question 15

what causes frost wedging

Answer 15

water gets in crack, freezes, and expands

Question 16

what cycle is called during frost wedging

Answer 16

freeze thaw cycling

Question 17

what causes biological activity

Question 18

what causes weathering during collisions

Answer 18

wind, water, ice, plants, gravity,

Question 19

what is soil

Answer 19

is a natural resource that can be categorised into different soil types

Question 20

what is parent material

Answer 20

the geologic material from which soil horizons form

Question 21

what are soil horizons

Answer 21

A soil horizon is a layer parallel to the soil surface

Question 22

how many soil horizons are there

Answer 22

three

Question 23

true or false all soils contain every soil horizon

Answer 23

true

Question 24

what are the specific soil horizon

Answer 24

surface horizon A, the subsoil B, and the substratum C

Question 25

what does the first soil horizon contain

Answer 25

humus

Question 26

what is the second horizon mostly made of

Answer 26

topsoil

Question 27

which layer does leaching occur

Answer 27

lower layer

Question 28

which horizon collects material from previous horizons

Question 29

which layer is partially weathered bedrock

Answer 29

Subsoil

Question 30

which layer is unweathered bedrock

Answer 30

C horizon

Question 31

which soil horizons make up the topsoil

Answer 31

A HORIZON

Question 32

which soil horizon makes up the subsoil

Answer 32

B horizon

Question 33

what is the difference of weathering and erosion

Question 34

what happens when river floud

Question 35

what are the two types of glaciers

Answer 35

valley contenrtial

Question 36

where are the two contenial gacliers located

Answer 36

greenland antarica

Question 37

what does the shape and size due to wind

Answer 37

wind speed,deposition,

Question 38

what are three landform created by waves

Answer 38

erosion