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| is the processthat breaks downrock and other substancesat earths surface. |
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| is the movementof particles by wind, water, ice, or gravity. |
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| the type of Weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces. |
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| the grinding away of rock by rock particles carried by water, ice, wid, or gravity |
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| Wedges of ice in rocks widen and deepen cracks. |
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| is the procees that brakes down rock through chemical changes. |
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| is the loose, weathered material on Earth's surface in which plants can grow. |
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| is the solid layer of rock beneath the siol. |
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| is a dark colored substance that forms as a plant and animals remains decay. |
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| siol that is made up of about equal parts caly, sand, and silt. |
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| is a layer of siol that differs in color and texture from the layers above or below it. |
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| a crumbly, darkbrown siol that is a mixture of humus, clay, and other minerals. |
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| usually consists of clay and other particles washed down from the A horizon, but little humus. |
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| plants contribute most of the organic |
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| means that a mineral is full of tiny, connected air spaces allow water to seep though it. |
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| are orginisms that break the remains of dead orginisms into smaller pieces and digest them with chemicals. |
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| are orginisms that break the remains of dead orginisms into smaller pieces and digest them with chemicals. |
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| are orginisms that break the remains of dead orginisms into smaller pieces and digest them with chemicals. |
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