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1. Is pressure release chemical or mechanical weathering?

2. Amount of each kind of particle in a soil sample.

3. _________ occurs whenever the wind picks up loose sediment and carries it away.

4. Decayed organic material found in soil.

5. Is Carbonic acid chemical or mechanical weathering?

6. The primary force behind erosion is _____________.

7. Dripping dissolved calcite causes a ______ to build up on the floor of a cave.

8. Is oxidation chemical or mechanical weathering?

9. ________ ________ occur when the wind blows small, loose particles such as clay and silt.

10. The process of rock changing from one type to another is called _________.

11. A _________ forms when unmelted snow gets compacted down into ice.

12. The amount of each kind of particle in a soil sample.

13. water gets into cracks in rocks and it freezes and contracts in winter and causes __________.

14. A __________ is an example of erosion that is caused by gravity.

15. An area that commonly floods is called a ___________ _______.

16. _______ occurs when oxygen combines with what a rock is made of and forms new compounds.

17. _______ forms when carbon dioxide dissolves in water.

18. The ___________ ______ in Israel is an example of where steams dissolved load is very salty where few things can live.

19. The process of breaking down rocks is called _________.

20. Soil fall is gravity pulling soil down the slope of a hill.

21. _______ is the primary factor in mass movement.

22. Scientist who studies soil.

23. The largest kind of particle in soil.

24. Chemical and mechanical weathering are greatly affected by ___________ and ____________.

25. _________ occurs when water gets underneath a rock. As it freezes and expands it pushes rock farther out of the ground.

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