Rocks and Soil

Rock and soil

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Rocks and Soil by Mind Map: Rocks and Soil

1. breaks rock

2. ice

3. rock peels like onion

3.1. Soil

3.1.1. highly nutritious

3.1.2. Types

3.1.2.1. Sandy

3.1.2.1.1. gritty

3.1.2.1.2. low water capacity

3.1.2.1.3. low nutrients

3.1.2.1.4. good air capacity

3.1.2.2. lots of nutrients

3.1.2.3. Loam

3.1.2.3.1. properties

3.1.2.3.2. becomes compact

3.1.2.4. Clay

3.1.2.4.1. very fine clay particles

3.1.2.4.2. mix of fine, small and large particles

3.1.2.5. Silty

3.1.3. good water holding capacity

3.2. Parts of the soil

3.2.1. CLay particles

3.2.2. humus (organic)

3.2.2.1. good water capacity

3.2.3. small stones

4. sand particles

5. 40% Sand

6. formed by weathering

7. Example

7.1. limestone

7.2. sandstone

8. Weathering

8.1. Physical

8.1.1. temperature change

8.1.2. trees

8.2. Chemical

8.2.1. breaking down of rocks

8.3. what

8.3.1. due to environmental factors

8.4. Erosion

8.4.1. movement of rock from original place of weathering

9. Rock Cycle

10. Very hot, made up

11. Igneous Rock

11.1. Granite

11.2. Made from cooled dowm Magma

11.2.1. inside the crust

11.2.1.1. intrusive

11.2.2. Outside crust

11.2.2.1. extrusive

12. Sedimentary Rock

12.1. process

12.1.1. Sediments

12.1.2. 2. Travel to different place

12.1.3. 3. compaction

12.1.3.1. pressure from upper layers

12.1.3.2. the grains/sediments have fused

13. from sedimentary and igneous rocks

14. Iron and Nickel

15. construction

16. 1. Weathering of igneous/metamorphic rocks

16.1. very high water holding capacity

17. Earth

17.1. Crust

17.1.1. Rocky

17.1.2. Thinnest

17.1.3. Temp low

17.1.3.1. 3 parts

17.1.3.1.1. Upper mantle

17.1.3.1.2. Lower Mantle

17.2. Magma

17.3. Mantle

17.4. High temperature, Very Hot

17.5. cemetation

17.5.1. chemical

17.6. Core

17.6.1. innermost part

17.6.2. High Pressure

17.6.3. 2 parts

17.6.3.1. outer core

17.6.3.2. Inner core

18. Types of Rocks

18.1. Uses

18.1.1. properties

18.1.1.1. hard

18.1.1.2. waterproof

18.2. formation

18.3. Metamorphic