Earth Science Weathering

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Compared to the A horizon in a soil profile, the B horizon __________.

The difference between mechanical and chemical weathering is __________.

Deposits formed when windblown sediments settle and build up behind an obstacle.

The layer of soil that contains the most humus and smaller rock and mineral particles that the other layers is the __________ horizon.

A process that wears away surface materials and moves them to a different location.

Soil is a mixture of weathered rock and __________.

A mixture of different-sized sediments deposited by a glacier.

Wind erosion of loose sediments.