Unit 4 - Soil & Water VOCABULARY
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- Q1soilA mixture of weathered rock, water, air, and organic material that covers the land, and in which terrestrial plants grow.30s
- Q2organic matterany substance that is made of living things or the remains of living things30s
- Q3DecompositionA process of changing once living material into dark-colored organic matter30s
- Q4InorganicNot formed from living things or the remains of living things30s
- Q5parent material of soilthe bedrock underneath the soil30s
- Q6TopographyA description of surface features of land.30s
- Q7biotaplants (flora) and animals (fauna) living in an area30s
- Q8soil horizona distinct layer within a soil profile30s
- Q9climateOverall weather in an area over a long period of time30s
- Q10sanda loose granular substance, typically pale yellowish brown, resulting from the erosion of siliceous and other rocks and forming a major constituent of beaches, riverbeds, the seabed, and deserts.30s
- Q11cobblestonea small, round stone of a kind formerly used to cover road surfaces30s
- Q12siltfine soil found on river bottoms30s
- Q13claythe finest soil, made up of particles that are less than 0.002 mm in diameter.30s
- Q14WeatheringThe breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface.30s
- Q15mechanical weatheringThe type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces30s