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Chaper 8 Kord

Published on Dec 12, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

FOLD MOUNTAIN

A MOUNTAIN MADE BY ROCK LAYERS

FAULT- BLOCK MOUNTAIN

A MOUNTAIN MADE BY HUGE TILTED BLOCKS
Photo by Darkroom Daze

WEATHERING

THE BREAKING DOWN OF ROCKS
Photo by ang-st

EROSION

THE PICK UP AND REMOVAL OF ROCK PARTICES
Photo by chrisindarwin

SOIL

A MIXTURE OF WEATHERED ROCK DECAYED PLANTS AND ANIMAL MATTER
Photo by sjrankin

HUMUS

MATERIAL IN SOIL FROMED BY THE BREAKDOWN OF PLANT AND ANIMAL

SOIL HORIZON

ANY OF THE LAYERS OF SOIL FROM THE SURFACE TO THE BEDROCK BELOW
Photo by FortGirl

GROUNDWATER

WATER THAT SOAKS INTO SOIL AND ROCK BY COLLECTING IN SPACES
Photo by IRRI Images

MASS WASTING

THE DOWNHILL MOVEMENT OF EARTH MATERIAL CAUSED BY GRAVITY

DEPOSITION

THE DROPPING OFF OF SEDIMENT

GLACIER

A HUGE SHEET OF ICE AND SNOW THAT MOVES SLOWLY OVER THE LAND
Photo by Darkroom Daze

TILL

A JUMBLE OF MANY SIZES OF SEDIMENT DEPOSITED BY A GLACIER
Photo by arbyreed

MORAINE

A DEPOSIT OF MANY SIZES OF SEDIMENT IN FRONT OF OR ALONG THE SIDES
Photo by DaveReichert

MINERAL

A NATURALLY OCCURRING SOILD IN EARTH 'S CRUST WITH DEFINITE
Photo by kevinzim

IGNEOUS ROCK

A ROCK THAT FORMS WHEN HOT LIQUID LAVA COOLS AND HARDENS INTO A
Photo by mail.matt

SEDIMENTARY ROCK

A ROCK THAT FORMS FROM PIECES OF OTHER ROCKS THAT ARE SQUEEZED
Photo by notthisorthat

METAMORPHIC ROCK

A ROCK THAT FORMS FROM ANOTHER KIND OF ROCK THAT IS CHANGED

ROCK CYCLE

ROCKS CONTINUALLY CHANGING FROM ONE KIND
Photo by wesleyray

SUPERPOSITION

THE IDEA THAT IN A SERIES OF ROCK LAYERS THE BOTTOM LAYER
Photo by quinn.anya

RELATIVE AGE

THE AGE OF A ROCK AS COMPARED WITH ANOTHER ROCK
Photo by theqspeaks

GEOLOGIC COLUMN

A LISTING OF EARTH'S ROCK LAYERS IN ORDER FROM OLDEST TO YOUNGEST

FOSSIL

ANY TRACE IMPRINT OR REMAINS OF A LIVING THING PRESERVED
Photo by KRoark

INDEX FOSSIL

THE REMAINS OF A LIVING THING THAT WAS WIDESPREAD BUT LIVED FOR

HALF-LIFE

THE REMAINS OF A LIVING THING THAT WIDESPREAD BUT LIVED
Photo by Trojan_Llama

ABSOLUTE AGE

THE OF A ROCK IN YEARS AS DETERMINED
Photo by Alaskan Dude

ERA

ONE OF FOUR LONG STRETCHES OF TIME IN EARTH'S HISTORY