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ch.8 science

Published on Feb 03, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ch.8 science

Colby Bailey
Photo by JM Rocher

Fold Mountain

A mountain made up mostly of rock layers
Photo by Darkroom Daze

Fault Block Mountain

A mountain made by huge titled blocks
Photo by Ken Lund

weathering

The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces

erosion

The picking up and removal of rock

soil

A mixture of weathered rock
Photo by kqedquest

humus

Material in soil formed by the break down of plant and animals material
Photo by Zane Selvans

soil horizon

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

groundwater

Water that soaks into soil and rock
Photo by pennstatenews

mass wasting

the down hill movement of Earth
Photo by OpalMirror

deposition

The dropping off of sediment. 
Photo by lvanvlee8

glacier

A huge sheet of ice and snow
Photo by angela7dreams

till

A jumble of many sizes of sediment

moraine

A deposit of many sizes of sediment
Photo by jsbanks42

mineral

A naturally occurring solid in Earth's crust

Igneous rock

A rock that form when hot liquid lava cools and hardens
Photo by elleneka102

Sedimentary rock

a rock that forms from small pieces of other rocks that are squeezed together
Photo by Henry Patton

Metamorphic rock

A rock that forms from another kind of rock
Photo by pecooper98362

rock cycle

Rock continually changing from one kind into another

superposition

The idea that in a series of rock layers,the bottom layer is the oldest and the top layers is the youngest .
Photo by Martin LaBar

relative age

The age of a rock as compared with another rock
Photo by jcwpdx

geologic column

A listing of Earth's rock layers from least ro greatest
Photo by hmerinomx

fossil

Any trace of animal remains
Photo by cobalt123

index fossil

The remains of a living thang
Photo by OliBac

half life

The time it takes for half the mass of a radioactive elenment. 
Photo by jurvetson

absolute age

The age off a rock in in years.
Photo by Kuyan Redman

era

One of the for long stretches of time in Earth's history.