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| 2. | chemical cobination of metalic elements with oxygen |
| 5. | fall of rock form a steep cliff |
| 6. | mechanical weathering caused by freezing water that seeps in the cracks of rocks |
| 7. | rideges or elevated regions of high ground that seperate watersheds |
| 8. | cycle of water movement |
| 9. | slow downslope flow of wet, muddy topsoil over frozen or clay-ruch subsoil |
| 12. | a river system is made up of a main stream and all the feeder streams, called ______ |
| 14. | process that changes the physical form of rocks |
| 15. | downhill movement of a large block of soil under the influence of gravity |
| 18. | rock from which the soil was weathered |
| 20. | layer of weathered rock fragments covering mcuh of the earth's surface |
| 21. | process by which water falls from clouds to the earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet, and hail |
| 22. | change in physical form or chemical composition of rock at earth's surface |
| 25. | the different physical features of earth's surface is also known as.. |
| 27. | Is the capture of a stream in one watershep by a stream with a higer rate of erosion in another watershed |
| 28. | the soil is plowed in circular bands that follow the contour, or shape, of the land |
| 29. | when mesas ultimately erode down to small, narrow-topped formations it is now a ______ |
| 30. | farmers plant one type of crop one year and a different type the next |
| 32. | ______ is soil resulting from the deposit of this material |
| 34. | knobs of hard rock, such as granite |
| 38. | areas receiving less than 65 cm of rain a year |
| 39. | high-elevation flat surfaces |
| 40. | steep landforms of very high elevations |
| 41. | thick infertile soils produced in tropical climates |
| 42. | the begining of a stream |
| 44. | areas receiving more than 65 cm of rain each year |
| 45. | erosion may disect plateaus into smaller, tablelike areas called ______ |