Lithosphere-Weathering & Erosion and Soil
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- Q1the physical disintegration of rock, resulting in smaller fragmentsmechanical weathering30s
- Q2the mechanical breakup of rock caused by the expansion of freezing water in cracks and crevicesfrost wedging30s
- Q3an accumulation of rock debris at the base of a clifftalus30s
- Q4type of weathering caused by reducing pressure on a rock surface, allowing slabs of outer rock to break off in layersexfoliation30s
- Q5the processes by which the internal structure of a mineral is altered by the removal and/or addition of elememtschemical weathering30s
- Q6same as mechanical weatheringphysical weathering30s
- Q7the layer of rock and mineral fragments that nearly everywehre covers Earth's surfaceregolith30s
- Q8a combination of mineral and organic matter, water, and air; that portion of the regolith that supports plant growthsoil30s
- Q9a layer of soil that has identifiable characteristics produced by chemical weathering and other soil-forming processessoil horizon30s
- Q10a vertical section through a soil showing its succession of horizons and the underlying parent materialsoil profile30s
- Q11soil of humid regions characterized by the accumulation of iron oxides and aluminum-rich clays in the B horizonpedalfer30s
- Q12soil associated with drier regions and characterized by an accumulation of calcium carbonate in the upper horizonspedocal30s
- Q13a red, highly leached soil type found in the tropics that is rich in oxides of iron and aluminumlaterite30s
- Q14the downslope movement of rock, regolith, and soil under the direct influence of gravitymass movement30s
- Q15occurs when rocks or rock fragments fall freely through the air; common on steep slopesrockfall30s