10/29/09 Earth Science (High School)

Today's Activities: Students completed a vocabulary exercise for chapter 7 on Weathering, Erosion, and Soil. They were asked to define the terms in their own words and record the page numbers. Here are the words:

1. Weathering
2. Erosion
3. Mechanical weathering
4. Frost wedging
5. Exfoliation
6. Chemical weathering
7. Hydrolysis
8. Oxidation
9. Deposition
10. Rill erosion
11. Gully erosion
12. Soil
13. Soil profile
14. Soil horizon