GEOG 100--Weathering and Mass Wasting (F'13)
Nutrients Cycle
Learning Objectives What is asbestos? Most important route of exposure Populations most heavily exposed Diseases associated with asbestos exposure Common.
Chapter 2 Weathering and Soil Mechanical Weathering Mechanical weathering affects all rock on Earth’s surface. Release of Pressure As rock erodes, release.
Water is one of the most important resources on this planet, without it life wouldn’t exist. The hydrosphere forms the foundation of the critical zone.
Two types of Weathering Mechanical- when rocks are broken apart by a physical process. This does not change the make up of the material. Chemical- when.
REVIEW What is WEATHERING? Def: The breakdown of rocks at or near Earth’s surface There are 2 types of WEATHERING: 1. CHEMICAL 2. PHYSICAL.
By: Caitlin McGlynn, David Wilker, and Courtney O’Brien.
Movement of energy and matter in ecosystems CHAPTER 21.
Weathering Weathering is the physical breakdown and chemical alteration of rocks and minerals. Weathering happens on or near the surface. Weathering is.
5. Water Quality and Public Health
EROSION The process by which sediments are obtained and transported. Erosion involves a transporting system with several components: 1.AGENT OF EROSION-