Ch. 4 Review

____________ is the process that breaks down rock and other substances at Earth's surface.

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Uniformitarianism

• Oxidation

____________ is the removal of rock particles by wind, water, ice, or gravity

• Weathering

• Uniformitarianism

• Erosion

• Ice wedgding

___________ occurs when ice melts, the water seeps deeper into the cracks.

• Ice wedging

• Chemical weathering

• Abrasion

• Oxidation

This means a material is full of tiny, connected air spaces that allow water to seep through it.

• Weathering

• Abrasion

• Oxidation

• Permeable

This the loose, weathered material on Earth's surface in which plants can grow.

• Soil

• Subsoil

• Humus

• Fertile

This is soil that is made up of about equal parts clay, sand, an silt.

• Fertility

• Soil

• Humus

• Loam

This is the measure of how well the soil can support plant growth.

• Fertility

• Soil

• Loam texture

• Soil Horizon

This refers to anything in the environment that humans us

• Sod

• natural resources

• Fertility

• Value added product

The management of soil to prevent its destruction

• Soil conservation

• Contour plowing

• conservation plowing

• crop rotation

This technique is used by farmers to plow their fields along the curves of a slope.

• Soil conservation

• Conservation plowing

• Contour plowing

• Crop rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3