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Science chapter 2
Interactive Science Book 3
Term | Definition |
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Eroision | The process of wearing down and carrying rocks. |
Weathering | The process that breaks down rock and other substances. |
Mechanical Weathering | The type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces. |
Chemical Weathering | The process that breaks down rock through chemical changes. |
Abraison | Refers to the wearing away of rock by rock particles carried by water, ice, wind, or gravity. |
Frost Wedging | Wedges of ice in rocks widen and deepen the cracks. |
Permiable | It means that a material is full of tiny, connected air spaces that allow water to seep through it. |
Soil | The loose, weathered material on earths surface in which plants can grow |
Bedrock | The solid layer of rock beneath the soil. |
Humus | A dark colored substance that forms as plant and animal remains decay. |
Fertitity | Soil that is rich in humus. |
Loam | Soil that is made up of about equal parts of clay, sand, and silt. |
pH Scale | Measures acidity. |
Soil Horizon | A layer of soil that differs in color, textures and composition from the layers above or below. |
Topsoil | A horizon. |
Subsoil | B horizon. |
Decomposers | The organisms that break the remains of dead organisms into smaller pieces and digest them with chemicals. |
Natural Resources | Anything in the environment that humans can use. |
Soil Conservation | The management of soil to limit its destruction. |
Crop Rotation | A farmer that plants different crops each year. |
Contour plowing | Farmers that plow their fields along the curves of a slope instead of in straight rows. |
Conservation lowing | A method in which the dead stalks from the previous year's crop are left in the ground to hold the soil in place. |
Uniformitarianism | The theory that changes in the earth's crust during geological history have resulted from the action of continuous and uniform processes. |