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Ch. 8 Science

Published on Mar 15, 2016

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Ch. 8 Science

Drew Perry
Photo by szeke

Fold Mountain

made of rock layers being folded
Photo by Travis S.

Fault-block mountain

huge tilted blocks of rocks separated by fault
Photo by Ken Lund

Weathering

naturally breaking down the crust

Erosion

Picking up and removing of rock partices
Photo by cyanocorax

Soil

mixture of rock, air, humus, water, and living things
Photo by John!!!

Humus

materail produced by breaking down plant and animal remains
Photo by Zane Selvans

Soil horizon

series of horizontal layers in the soil

Groundwater

water that soaks into the soil 
Photo by Ian Sane

Mass Wasting

Downward movement of Earth's materials caused by gravity 

Deposition

The dropping off of sediment
Photo by lvanvlee8

Glacier

Huge sheet of ice and snow
Photo by yannboix

Till

a jumble of many sizes of sediment deposited by glaciers

Moraine

to deposit of many sizes of sediment

Mineral

 a naturally occurring solid in Earth's crust with a define structure

Igneous Rock

a rock that forms from lava
Photo by siccarpoint

Sedimentary Rock

formed from being pushed together
Photo by Paul_Blakeman

Metamorphic Rock

forms from a different rock
Photo by jimmypk218

Rock Cycle

Rocks keep on changing and will not stop
Photo by wockerjabby

Superposition

idea that the oldest rock is at the bottom and the new rock is at the top

Relative Age

age of a rock compared to another 
Photo by dirtymouse

Geologic Column

list rock from oldest to newest

Fossil

remains of a living thing in Earths crust
Photo by Monica's Dad

Index Fossil

fossil of something that was widespread but lived for a sort time 

Half-Life

the time it takes for a rock to decay into another element

Absolute age

the age of a rock in years 

Era

one of the four long stretches of history