Earth Systems Part 1 Vocabulary

4. Tectonic boundary where two plates move away from each other
8. The measure of the saturation (water holding) potential of soil
10. Capacity of soil to raise pH of acids to maintain a relative constant pH
11. Measure of the rate of water to flow through sol
13. Energy released along a tectonic boundary when plates move
15. Tectonic boundary where two plates are sliding past each other
17. Section of soil column that is lacking nutrients and made up of large broken rock fragments
19. Produced along a convergent boundary with subduction
21. Section of soil column of soil and rock with some nutrients leached down from the A horizon
22. The top layer of earth's crust (lithosphere) that contains tectonic plates, surface water, and exposed to the atmosphere
24. Energy transferred to ocean water that creates a large wave when energy is released along a tectonic boundary on the seafloor

1. Section of soil column that is known as topsoil containing plant roots, microbes, and nutrients
2. Soil texture that has a small particle size and irregular shape
3. Measure of available nutrients in soil from humus and microbial/fungal activity
5. Soil texture that has the smallest particle size and a smooth surface
6. When soil is carried away by wind or water
7. Type of weathering where rock is broken down by forces of water, wind, and temperature change
9. Where an oceanic plate moves underneath a continental plate along a convergent boundary
12. Type of weathering where rock is broken down from reactions of acid or salt in water with rock
14. Tectonic boundary where two continental plates push toward each other
16. Soil texture that has the largest particle size and irregular shape
18. Section of soil column that is bedrock
20. Section of soil column that contains litter (dead leaves, sticks, etc)
23. Decomposed organic material from dead leaves waste that is contained within the A horizon