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ch.8 Science

Published on Nov 21, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ch.8 Science

Melody Harper
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fold mountain

rock layers folded by being squeezed together

fault-block mountain

mountain made by huge tilted blocks 
Photo by Ken Lund

weathering

the breaking down of rocks into smaller peices

erosion

the picking up and removal of rock particals

soil

mixture of weathered rock,and decayed plant and animal matter
Photo by brewbooks

humus

soil formed by the breakdown of plant and animal material
Photo by bill barber

soil horizon

the layers of soil from the surface to the bedrock below
Photo by Miguel Vera

ground water

water that soaks into the soil and rock

mass wasting

the downhill movement of earth material caused by gravity
Photo by hugovk

deposition

the dropping off of sediment
Photo by Dru!

glacier

a huge sheet of ice and snow that moves over land

till

jumble of many sizes of sediment deposited by glaciers
Photo by Bochum1805

moraine

deposit of many sizes of sediment in front of the sides of glacier
Photo by FrankMaurer

mineral

naturally occurring solid in earths crust 

igneous rock

a rock that forms when hot

sedimentary rock

a rock that forms from pieces of rock that are squeezed 
Photo by brittgow

rock cycle

rock continually changing from one kind into another in never ending process
Photo by jsj1771

metamorphic rock

a rock that forms from another kind of rock 
Photo by brewbooks

superposition

idea that in a series of rock layers

relative age

the age of a rock as compared with another rock

geologic column

listing rock layers in order from oldest to youngest

fossil

any trace,imprint or remains of living thing preserved in earths crust
Photo by Darkroom Daze

index fossil

remains of a living thing that was widespread 
Photo by Darkroom Daze

half-life

time it takes for half the mass of radioactive element

absolute age

age of a rock in years

era

one of the four long stretches of time in history