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Review: Geology #2 (Fossils, Weathering, Soil, Erosion and Deposition, Landforms)
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| fossils | remains of past life |
| casts | fossil imprints in life |
| molds | imprints filled with minerals |
| weathering | process that beaks down rocks |
| mechanical weathering | use of force to break down rocks |
| abrasion | grinding away of rock by sand carried by water, ice,, wind, or gravity |
| chemcial weathering | chemical changes in a rock break it down |
| acid rain | air pollution mixes with rain water to cause weathering |
| soil | left behind after weathering |
| humus | partly decayed organic maaterial in soil |
| bedrock | solid rock layer under soil |
| B horizon | subsoil |
| A horizon | topsoill; has humus |
| erosion | natural forces move sedidments from one place to another |
| deposition | sediments are put down or dropped in a new place |
| elevation | height above sea level |
| plains | mainly flat land with parallel rock layers |
| platueau | steep cliff, flat on top |
| mountain | steep slope, high elevation, not parallel rock layers |
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