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- 1WEATHERINGIS THE MECHANICAL OR CHEMICAL SURFACE PROCESS THAT BREAKS ROCKS INTO SMALLER PIECES
- 2MECHANICAL WEATHERINGBREAKS ROCKS INTO SMALLER PIECES WITHOUT CHANGING THEM CHEMICALLY
- 3ICE WEDGINGWHEN WATER SEEPS INTO CRACKS; FREEZES; AND THEN FORCES CRACKS TO EXPAND
- 4CHEMICAL WEATHERINGOCCURS WHEN THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF ROCK CHANGES.
- 5WHAT TYPE OF CLIMATE AFFECTS CHEMICAL WEATHERING THE MOST.?HOT AND WET!!!
- 6SOILIS A MIXTURE OF WEATHERED ROCK,ORGANIC MATTER,WATER, AND AIR THAT SUPPORTS THE GROWTH OF PLANT GROWTH.
- 7TOPOGRAPHYCONFIGURATION OF SURFACE FEATURES, INCLUDING POSITION AND SLOPE; ALSO INFLUENCES THE TYPE OF SOIL THAT DEVELOPS
- 8HUMUSHELPS SOIL TO HOLD WATER AND PROVIDES NUTRIENTS THAT PLANTS NEED TO GROW
- 9HOW DOES CLIMATE AFFECT SOIL EVOLUTION?PARENT ROCK, SLOPE OF LAND, CLIMATE,TIME, ORGANISMS
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