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Weathering and soil formation! 

Weathering and soil formation! . Chapter 10 By: Paula Tatum. Weathering . Weathering is the breakdown of rock into smaller and smaller pieces. Mechanical Weathering. Mechanical Weathering is simply the breakdown of rock into smaller pieces by physical means. Chemical Weathering.

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Weathering and soil formation! 

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  1. Weathering and soil formation! Chapter 10 By: Paula Tatum

  2. Weathering • Weathering is the breakdown of rock into smaller and smaller pieces.

  3. Mechanical Weathering • Mechanical Weathering is simply the breakdown of rock into smaller pieces by physical means.

  4. Chemical Weathering • Chemaical weathering is the chemaical breakdown of rocks and minerals into new substances.

  5. Abrasion • Abrasion is the action of rock and sediment grinding against each other and wearing away exposed surfaces

  6. Acid Precipitation • Acid Precipitation is precipitation the contains acid to air pollution.

  7. Oxidation • Oxidation is a chemaical reaction in which an element such as iron, combines with oxygen to form an oxide.

  8. Differential Weathering • Differential Weathering is a process by which softer, less weather-resistant rocks wear away, leaving harder, more weather-resistant rock behind.

  9. Soil • Soil is a loose mixture of small mineral fragments and organic material.

  10. Bedrock • Bedrock is the layer of rock beneath soil.

  11. Parent rock • Parent rock is the rock that is the source of soil.

  12. Humus • Humus is soils that contain very small particles of decayed plant and animal material.

  13. Topsoil • Topsoil is the top layer of soil.

  14. Leaching • Leaching is the process by which rainwater dissolves and carries away the minerals and nutrients in topsoil.

  15. Soil conservation • Soil conservation consists of the various methods by which humans take care of the soil.

  16. Erosion • Erosion is the process by which wind and water transport soil and sediment from one location to another.

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  18. Summary • Weathering tells the erosion, soil conservation, leaching, soil, abrasion, Acid precipitation, oxidation, topsoil, bedrock, parent rock, humus, then it is chemical weathering, mechanical weathering, and differential weathering. Weathering makes a different in our climate, and the world we live in today.

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