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Ch. 8 Science Drew H

Published on Nov 22, 2015

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Ch. 8 Science

Drew Holt

fold mountain

 a mountain mostly made of rock layers being squeezed together

fault-block mountain

huge tilted rocks separated by a fault

weathering

the breaking down of rocks by natural process

erosion

the picking up and removal of rocks

soil

a mixture of rock, air, water, living things, and humus
Photo by djwtwo

humus

a mixture of dead plants and animals
Photo by Zane Selvans

soil horizon

the layers of the soil from the surface to bedrock

groundwater

water that seeps underground
Photo by scott1346

mass wasting

the downhill movement of Earth material caused by gravity
Photo by loranger

deposition

the dropping off of sediment 
Photo by lvanvlee8

glacier

a huge sheet of  ice and snow that moves slowly 
Photo by Aztlek

till

a jumble of many sizes of sediment deposited by a glacier 

moraine

a deposit of many sizes of sediment by a glacier

mineral

a naturally occurring solid in Earth's crust
Photo by arbyreed

igneous rock

a rock that forms when molten rock cools and hardens

sedimentary rock

a rock that forms from pieces of other rock squeezed together

metamorphic rock

a rock that forms from another kind of rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or a chemical reaction

rock cycle

rocks continually changing in a never ending cycle

superposition

the idea that the youngest rock layer is at the top and the oldest is at the bottom

relative age

the age of a rock compared to another rock

geologic column

a list of Earth's rock layers from oldest to youngest

fossil

any trace, imprint , or remains of a living creature in Earth's crust

index fossil

the remains of a living thing that was widespread, but lived a short part in Earth's history
Photo by jsj1771

half-life

the time it takes for the radioactive element in a rock to decay

absolute age

the age of rock in years 

era

one of the four stretches of time in Earth's history