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What is weathering?
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The various mechanical and
chemical processes that cause
exposed rock to decompose.
What it a parent rock?
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The original rock from which the soil was
created
What is root pry?
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The breaking apart of rocks caused by the
growth of plant roots.
What is gravity?
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The force of attraction by which
terrestrial bodies tend to fall toward
the center of the earth.
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A sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium carbonate, deposited
as the calcareous remains of marine animals or chemically
precipitated from the sea: used as a building stone and in the
manufacture of cement, lime, etc
What is Landslide?
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The downward falling or sliding of a
mass of soil, detritus, or rock on or
from a steep slope.
What is Erosion?
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The process by which the surface of the earth is worn
away by the action of water, glaciers, winds, waves,
etc.
What is Water Abrasion?
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The process of wearing down or rubbing away by
means of friction.
What is Topsoil?
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The fertile, upper part of the soil.
What is Stratification
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Forming or depositing in layers
What is conglomerate?
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a composite rock made up
of particles of varying size.
What are transported rocks?
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rock that was transported to a
different place.
What are tectonic plates?
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the branch of geology
studying the folding and
faulting of the earth's
crust.
What is humus?
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An organic material in
soil.
What is a chemical change?
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a process in which reactants
are changed into products by
chemical means.
What is a physical change?
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a process in which reactants are
changed into products by physical
means
What is acid rain?
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Rain or precipitation that is polluted by the
pollution of factories and cars.
What is chemical composition?
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The specific order in which atoms
are put together
What is a molecule?
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Two or more atoms bounded
together and is the smallest
particle of a compound.
What does the law of conservation
of matter state?
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It states that mass is neither created
nor destroyed in an ordinary
chemical reaction.
What are plant acids?
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Acids that are made by plants.
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the direction of stratification and what information it gives us: stratification is
the deposition of layers. the layers where once horizontal but because of the
pressure of moving tectonic plates, these horizontal layers are turned over
90 degrees upward to make a vertical.
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What type of rock is
Available in the Huasteca
canyon?
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Limestone.
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contains at least 50% calcium carbonate in the form of calcite by weight.
All lime stones contain at least a few percent other materials. These can be small particles of quartz,
feldspar, clay minerals, pyrite, siderite and other minerals. It can also contain large nodules of chert,
pyrite or siderite. The calcium carbonate content of limestone gives it a property that is often used in
rock identification - it effervesces in contact with a cold solution of 5% hydrochloric acid.
What is the Soil Type in
the Huasteca Canyon?
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Made up layers of decayed materials, mostly
transported soil and with little or no humus.
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What city is adjacent to the
canyon?
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Monterrey
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The Huicholes.
What indigenous people
have the custom to go to
the canyon to pray and
dance to their gods?
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What is the main mean of transportation?
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Horses, walking, 4x4 pickup
trucks, bicycles.
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(Vocabulary word #5)
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How does tourism Distrupted
the Canyon?
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Many tourists affect the canyon because they pollute all
over the canyon. Very few tourists are organized and
enjoy the canyon and they don’t pollute. Many fires
have started because some tourists throw cigarettes to
the floor.
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What is the type of vegetation
in the Huasteca canyon?
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There are many plants that have adapted to the dry
weather and there are almost no trees and there are
many bushes with thorns.
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What type of climate is in the
Huasteca canyon?
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Semi desertic climate, dry but not very dry
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How have people changed the
enviornment in the Huasteca
canyon?
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They made the enviornment much more dirtier
and polluted because of disorganized tourism.
By Rodolfo
How have hurricanes affected the
Husteca canyon?
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Many caos. Houses get destroyed and you
could only enter by helicopter in hurricane
Alex.
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How do people depend on
the canyon?
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The canyon provides 50% of ll the water in monterrey.
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What traditions are in the canyon?
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The Huicholes do some ceremonies in
Guitarritas (part in the canyon) .
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Monterrey is 15 min from the canyon.
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By: Mariana
What are some natural places
near the huasteca canyon?
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San Pablo
By: Mariana
What are some memorable
places inside the canyon?
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Rompepicos dam, EL Aguila, and the La Virgen
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The canyon is in what part
of Mexico?
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northeastern Mexico
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What's the longitude of the canyon?
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100 deegres 20 min 95 second
By: Mariana
What's the latitude of the canyon?
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25 degrees 37 min 51.8 second
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The huasteca is in the middle of a what?
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Desert
How do people depend on the canyon?
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25 percent of Monterrey's water
comes from the canyon
How do you think that people living near the
canyon had to adapt to it?
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People living near the canyon
have made their houses a little
more far away from it because
of the river.
How was the Huasteca canyon formed?
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Because of tectonic plate movement.
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How does the Huasteca
canyon affect the
traditions around?
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Many families have the tradition of coming
here on weekends.
Does the huasteca canyon affect the
weather of Monterrey?
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no
How have humans affected this canyon?
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Pollution, acid rain etc…
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Signs of weathering and erosion:
the Huasteca Canyon there are many signs of weathering and erosion. Many of them are
caused by acid rain, rivers and hurricane Alex. Weathering is when rocks are broken down
into sediments. Erosion is when those sediments are taken away to another place. Some
signs of weathering are some rocks that have holes because of the acid rain which become
more easy to brake and eventually brake forming sediments. Some signs of erosion are the
rivers, they transport sediments to new places.
The type rock found in the canyon:
In the Huasteca canyon there are many types of rocks, but there is one specific rock were
you can find it any were, and its limestone. It was belived that the Huasteca canyon was
once under the ocean and that’s why almost all the canyon is made out of limestone. There
are also conglomerate rocks which are not as easy to find. There are also some mines in
which they mine marmol. The effects of acid rain on limestone:
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In the rainy seasons in the Huasteca Canyon there is a thing called acid rain. Acid rain is rain
that becomes acid because of all the pollution in the air caused many reasons like cars,
factories, people, trucks, constructions, tire burning, etc. When acid rain meets limestone it
chemically reacts making holes in the limestone rock more softer and easier to brake.
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Soil Type: The soil in the Husteca canyon is mostly made up of all the layers except the
topsoil because it has been washed away by the hurricane. Also the soil doesn’t have a lot of
humus because all the humus in the topsoil got washed away. Also humus takes a lot of time
to form especially in a semi-arid (dry) environment the canyon has. Last the soil is
transported soil because the hurricane moved all the soil from its parent rock
The conditions under which the rock was formed: The Huasteca canyon was formed
underwater because millions of years ago the whole Huasteca canyon was a sea.
The origin of the rock: layers of decayed animals, shells, bones, sea plants, and rock
sediments form the Hasteca canyon. At first the layers where horizontal but the tectonic
plates underneath it pushed on the rock creating the vertical layers we see today.
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definition of stratification, the direction of stratification and what
information it gives us: stratification is the deposition of layers. the
layers where once horizontal but because of the pressure of moving
tectonic plates, these horizontal layers are turned over 90 degrees
upward to make a vertical. It gives us information of how it formed
and how it was the bottom of a sea.
the chemical composition of limestone is...
contains at least 50% calcium carbonate in the form of calcite by
weight. All lime stones contain at least a few percent other materials.
These can be small particles of quartz, feldspar, clay minerals, pyrite,
siderite and other minerals. It can also contain large nodules of chert,
pyrite or siderite. The calcium carbonate content of limestone gives it
a property that is often used in rock identification - it effervesces in
contact with a cold solution of 5% hydrochloric acid.
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