Soil and rocks key terms & study info
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| show | Sedimentary
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| A type of rock that has been formed from cooling magma or lava | show 🗑
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| show | Metamorphic
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| show | Crop Rotation
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| show | Topsoil
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| show | Sand
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| show | Erosion
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| The process when sediment settles in a new place | show 🗑
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| The property of soil that allows water to flow easily through it | show 🗑
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| The process when sediment is glued together when minerals crystalize | show 🗑
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| Plowing only when necessary so that soil stays in place | show 🗑
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| show | Erosion, Deposition, Compaction, & Cementation
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| What is the process in which rocks can be changed to become other types of rocks | show 🗑
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| show | They are a combination of different minerals and other sediments
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| What are the three major characteristics of sedimentary rocks | show 🗑
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| The physical or chemical breakdown of rocks into smaller sized pieces | show 🗑
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| show | Dust Bowl
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| show | Soil Horizons
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| show | Contour Plowing
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| Why is it important for farmers to practice soil conservation methods? | show 🗑
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| show | Soil
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| show | Bedrock
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| How does B horizon form? | show 🗑
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| When rocks are dissolved or the composition is changed | show 🗑
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| The process when rock is physically broken down into smaller pieces | show 🗑
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| Soil with very small particles that retain/hold onto water | show 🗑
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| a chemical reaction in which oxygen combines with another substance; for example, when metal rusts | show 🗑
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| a type of mechanical weathering caused by the scraping and scratching of rocks by loose particles that are transported over the rocks by wind, water, glaciers, etc. | show 🗑
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| show | Ice Wedging
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