geology

• Describe the main processes of mechanical weathering, and the types of materials that are produced when mechanical weathering predominates
• Describe the main processes of chemical weathering, and the products of chemical weathering of minerals such as feldspar, ferromagnesian silicates, and calcite
• Explain the type of weathering processes that are likely to have taken place to produce a sand sized sediment deposit
• Discuss the relationships between weathering and soil formation and the origins of soil horizons
• Explain the geological carbon cycle, and how variations in rates of weathering can lead to climate change
• Describe the differences between cobbles, pebbles, sand, silt, and clay
• Explain the relationship between clast size and the extent to which clasts can be transported by moving water or by wind
• Apply your understanding of the features of sedimentary rocks, including grain characteristics, sedimentary structures, and fossils, to the interpretation of past depositional environments and climates
• Explain the importance of and differences between groups, formations, and members