Term 1 (from textbook) Flashcards
(7 cards)
1
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Define ‘agents of erosion’
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Factors that cause erosion - water, wind, gravity, and ice.
2
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Define ‘asthenosphere’
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Top layer of the mantle, composed of ‘plastic’ rock.
3
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Define ‘biogenic sedimentary rock’
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Sedimentary rock formed mainly from dead organisms.
4
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Define ‘biological weathering’
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Living things and their products breaking down rock.
5
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Define ‘cement’
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Natural chemicals found in water that can bind sediments together.
6
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Define ‘chemical sedimentary rock’
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Sedimentary rock that forms when dissolved materials precipitate from solution.
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