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chpt. 8 vocabulary

Published on Nov 20, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

chpt. 8 vocabulary

By:Kyle
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Fold mountain

A mountain made up mostly of rock layers

fault block mountain

A mountain made by huge tited blocks of rocks.
Photo by BLMOregon

weathering

The breaking down of rocks into smaller rocks 

erosion

The picking up and removal of rock particles.
Photo by Sam-Lehman

soil

A mixture of weathered rock decayed plant and animal matter.
Photo by Tony Frates

humus

material in soil formed by the breaking down of plants and animal  
Photo by bill barber

soil horizon

Any layers of soil from the surface
Photo by Miguel Vera

groundwater

Water that soaks into soil and rock.

mass wasting

The downhill movement of earth material.
Photo by (Paolo)

deposition

the dropping off of sediment.

Glacier

A huge sheet of ice.
Photo by Philip Oyarzo

till

Sediment deposited by a glacier.

moraine

A deposit of many sizes of sediment in front of a glacier.
Photo by selkovjr

mineral

A naturally occurring solid in earths crust.

igneous rock

When lava cools and hardens.
Photo by arbyreed

sedimentary rock

Rock that forms from other rock.
Photo by Corvair Owner

metamorphic rock

A rock that forms from rock types.

rock cycle

A never ending cycle.
Photo by jbdodane

superposition

A series or rock.
Photo by laurent KB

relative age

The age of rocks.
Photo by Jesse Varner

geologic column

A listing of rocks from youngest to oldest 
Photo by hmerinomx

fossil

Anything that is preserved in the Earth's crust
Photo by darksong

index fossil

A fossil that has not been there for a long time.

half-life

The half time a rock takes to decay. 
Photo by Grumbler %-|

absolute age

The age of a rock in years as determined by measuring the decay rate.
Photo by Alaskan Dude

era

One of the four long stretches of time in earth's history.
Photo by EmreAyar