Soil and Water Vocabulary Assignment 24-25

soil

• A mixture of weathered rock, water, air, and organic material that covers the land, and in which terrestrial plants grow.
• Impassable, not allowing passage through (such as by a liquid)
• the continuous circulation of water between the atmosphere, oceans, and earth
• the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Decomposition

• the continuous circulation of water between the atmosphere, oceans, and earth
• plants (flora) and animals (fauna) living in an area
• the finest soil, made up of particles that are less than 0.002 mm in diameter.
• A process of changing once living material into dark-colored organic matter

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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parent material of soil

• the bedrock underneath the soil
• any substance that is made of living things or the remains of living things
• The grinding away of rock by other rock particles carried in water, ice, or wind
• a distinct layer within a soil profile

soil horizon

• A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater.
• oceans and sea water with salt; largest biome
• a distinct layer within a soil profile
• Deep hole drilled or dug into the ground to reach a reservoir of groundwater

Weathering

• the bedrock underneath the soil
• Deep hole drilled or dug into the ground to reach a reservoir of groundwater
• The breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface.
• The grinding away of rock by other rock particles carried in water, ice, or wind

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

mechanical weathering

• the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects.
• A description of surface features of land.
• The type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces
• The grinding away of rock by other rock particles carried in water, ice, or wind

chemical weathering

• The upper level of the saturated zone of groundwater
• The process that breaks down rock through chemical changes
• The breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface.
• the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil

Evaporation

• The change of a substance from a liquid to a gas
• Water weathers rock by dissolving it
• A process of changing once living material into dark-colored organic matter
• The grinding away of rock by other rock particles carried in water, ice, or wind

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Condensation

• The change of state from a gas to a liquid
• The process that breaks down rock through chemical changes
• the finest soil, made up of particles that are less than 0.002 mm in diameter.
• Deep hole drilled or dug into the ground to reach a reservoir of groundwater

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Precipitation

• oceans and sea water with salt; largest biome
• Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface.
• fine soil found on river bottoms
• water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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