Soil | Energy Resources | Random | Old material |
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A Horizon
What layer of soil do we find the most humus?
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Fossil fuels and nuclear energy
What are the 2 main sources of nonrenewable resources?
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weathering of parent rock
What is the first step in soil formation?
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Kinetic energy
Potential energy
When energy is moving we call it ___________ energy
When energy is not moving we call it __________ energy. |
Parent Rock
What is underneath the C horizon?
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Petroleum, natural gas, coal
What are the 3 main fossil fuels?
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All three
Does the soil profile show one layer or all three?
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D=m/v
What is the density formula
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Water, Air, Organic Matter, Small rock fragments
What are the 4 things soil is made of?
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Earth and Sun
What are the 2 main sources of renewable resources?
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Foliated
What do we call a rock that has grains in parallel bands?
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protons = positive
Neutrons = no charge Electrons = negative
What are the 3 subatomic particles and what are their charges?
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Soil fertility, soil chemistry, soil color, Pore space, and Soil Texture
What are the 5 properties of soil?
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Hydroelectric energy, geothermal energy, biomass, solar energy, and wind energy
What are the 5 main renewable energy resources?
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Coarse grained, fine grained, medium grained
What are the 3 ways we identify a rocks texture?
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Clastic- sediment pressed and cemented together
organic- made from fossils Chemical- water evaporation
What are the three types of sedimentary rock and how are each formed?
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Explain what each of the soil properties mean
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Fission is when a neutron splits an atom into 2 or more fragments.
Explain how fission works.
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Explain the three types of texture we identify rocks with
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Foliated has grains in parallel bands and nonfoliated does not.
Intrustive- Magma cooled inside the Earth's surface
What are the 2 types of metamorphic rock and how are they different? What are the two types of igneous rock and how are each made?
Extrusive- Lava cooled on the outside of Earth's Surface |