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How do Rocks Break Down into Smaller Particles?
How do Rocks Decompose?
How do Acids Affect Rocks?
How do Clay Minerals Form?
What is Soil and How Does It Form?
What are Soil Horizons?
How Does Climate Affect Soil?
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Effects of Weathering on Rocks
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Figure 8.2
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Frost Wedging
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Figure 8.5
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Sheet Joints Caused by Pressure Release
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Figure 8.8
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Mechanical Weathering Increases
Rate of Chemical Weathering
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Figure 8.12
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Chemical Weathering on a Feldspar
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Figure 8.16
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Residual Concentration by Weathering
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Figure 8.17
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The pH Scale
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Box 8.1, Figure 2
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Acid Precipitation in
Eastern North America
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Box 8.1, Figure 3
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Negative Charges on a Clay Mineral
Attract Positive Ends of Water Molecules
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Figure 8.18
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Ion Exchange Between
Plant Root and Clay Mineral
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Figure 8.19
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Horizons in a Soil Profile
That Form a Humid Climate
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Figure 8.20
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Distribution of Soil Orders
in North America
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Figure 8.21
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Soil Thickness
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Figure 8.22
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Bauxite Forms by Intense Tropical
Weathering of an Aluminum-Rich Source
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Figure 8.25
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Answers to Selected
Testing Your Knowledge
Questions
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11. D
20. B
12. A
21. C
13. D
14. A
15. A
16. E
17. A
18. D
19. D
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