Weathering | Type of Weathering | Forming Soil | Erosion: Water and Wind | Erosion: Glaciers and Gravity |
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What is Weathering
The process by which rock materials are broken down
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What is Mechanical Weathering
When rocks are physically broken down
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What is the parent rock
The material that makes a particular soil
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What are flood plains
flat, wide areas of land along a river
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What is a continental glacier
Huge masses of ice that cover large areas of land
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What is freezing and thawing
The most common form of weathering
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What is Chemical Weathering
When rocks are broken down by chemical reactions
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What is bedrock
the rock beneath the soil is called the
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What are meanders
Hoop-like bends of a river
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What is an alpine glacier
Masses of ice found in alpine areas
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What is Mechanical and Chemical
Two types of weathering are
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What are agents of Mechanical Weathering
Wind, Water, Gravity, Plants and Animals
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What is loam
A soil that has equal parts clay, sand, and silt is called
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What is an oxbow lake
When a meander gets cut off
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What is a U-shaped valley
Glaciers make this shaped valled
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What is abrasion
The grinding and wearing away of rock surfaces
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What are agents of Chemical Weathering
Water, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, Acids, and Plants
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What is Clay
The main type of soil in Ohio
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What is a dune
windblown deposits of sand
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What is glacier drift
When glaciers melt, they leave behind landforms
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What is climate, type of rock, and elevation
Rate of weathering depends on what 3 factors?
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What is Mechanical Weathering increases Chemical Weathering
Which type of weathering makes the other type work faster?
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What is humus
The organic material formed in soil from decaying plant and animals
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What is a loess
windblown deposits of silt and clay
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What is the angle of repose
The steepest slope at which loose material will not slide downhill
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