Chapter 7 Vocabulary

Chemical Weathering is...

• The process by which rocks and minerals undergo changes in their

  composition as the result of chemical reactions

• the breaking down of rocks, soil, and minerals as well as wood and artificial materials through contact with the Earth's atmosphere, water, and biological organisms.

• erosion is the action of surface processes that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust, and then transports it to another location

The removal and transport of

weathered material from one location to another

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Deposition

• Soil

Exfoliation is

• the action of surface processes that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust, and then transports it to another location

• The process by which outer rock layers are stripped away

• the breaking down of rocks, soil, and minerals as well as wood and artificial materials through contact with the Earth's atmosphere, water, and biological organisms

Oxidation is....

• reaction of a substance with erosion

• reaction of a substance with chemicals

• reaction of a substance with oxygen

The process by which rocks on or near Earth’s surface break down and change

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Deposition is...

• the loose upper layer of the Earth's surface where plants grow

• the action of surface processes that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust, and then transports it to another location

• sediments, soil and rocks are added to a land form or land mass

The loose upper layer of the Earth's surface where plants grow

• Soil

• Rill Erosion

• Hydrolysis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Soil Horizon is...

• the loose upper layer of the earth's surface where plants grow

• a layer parallel to the soil surface

• the breaking down of rocks, soil, and minerals as well as wood and artificial materials through contact with the Earth's atmosphere, water, and biological organisms

Soil Profile is...

• the loose upper layer of the Earth's surface where plants grow

• a layer parallel to the soil surface, whose physical characteristics differ from the layers above and beneath

• the vertical sequence of soil layers

the reaction of a substance when combined with water

• Erosion

• Hydrolysis

• Weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5