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What deposition environment is created when river water slows down and drops its load?
weather rocks and minerals mixed with water and air
delta
mass movement
Erosion
adding grass and trees to a hillside
humus
Least = bedrock; most = topsoil
rust
What part of the soil is created from decayed organisms and helps add nutrients to the soil?
weather rocks and minerals mixed with water and air
delta
mass movement
Erosion
adding grass and trees to a hillside
humus
Least = bedrock; most = topsoil
rust
Oxidation is a type of chemical weathering caused by oxygen. What is another name for oxidation?
weather rocks and minerals mixed with water and air
delta
mass movement
Erosion
adding grass and trees to a hillside
humus
Least = bedrock; most = topsoil
rust
What is the name for sediment that is eroded down a slope due to gravity?
weather rocks and minerals mixed with water and air
delta
mass movement
Erosion
adding grass and trees to a hillside
humus
Least = bedrock; most = topsoil
rust
If you made a drawing of the soil horizons (layers) which layer would be least weathered and which would be the most weathered?
weather rocks and minerals mixed with water and air
delta
mass movement
Erosion
adding grass and trees to a hillside
humus
Least = bedrock; most = topsoil
rust
Which is the best definition of soil?
weather rocks and minerals mixed with water and air
delta
mass movement
Erosion
adding grass and trees to a hillside
humus
Least = bedrock; most = topsoil
rust
Which technique would be the best to slow erosion?
weather rocks and minerals mixed with water and air
delta
mass movement
Erosion
adding grass and trees to a hillside
humus
Least = bedrock; most = topsoil
rust
When sediments are transported from one location to another by water, wind, ice, gravity, etc.
weather rocks and minerals mixed with water and air
delta
mass movement
Erosion
adding grass and trees to a hillside
humus
Least = bedrock; most = topsoil
rust
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