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15 Cards in this Set
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wgat involves the set of processes by which soil and rock are loosened and moved downhill
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erosion
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what conditions impedes chemcial weathering
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cold temp
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wgat rock dissolced msot rpaiduy in a hot/ humid lcimate
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limestone
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what is a substancthat realase hysrogen ions to a solution claled
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acid
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caron diozide takes up ____ of earths atmsophere
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less than .1 percent
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give an ecxmaple of chemcia lweathering
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hydrolsis of feldspar
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what miernal is least stable on arths surface
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olivivw
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frostwedging is example of
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physical weathering
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during hcemcial weathering of felspar to kaolinite water is
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cosnumed
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as rock breaks ointo smalelr peices- surface area
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increass
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which miernal has a low solubibity and is least susceuptile to chemical weathing
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quartz
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which of the follwonig forms of iron is most stable at hte earths surface
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iron oxide
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give 5 factors that afect sou formation
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bedrock ocmspsition, climate, topgoraphy, orgnaisms and time
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abucebt soiks ereseved as arock later in the rock record are called
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paleosols
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pyroxene weathers to form
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hematite
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