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• Erosion
  ...[[transport]] by [[wind]], [[water]], or [[ice]]; by down-slope creep of [[soil]] and other [[material]] under the [[force]] of [[gravity]]; or by living [ ...soil]] [[structure]] and [[plant]] [[roots]] that would otherwise hold the soil in place. However, improved land use practices can limit erosion, using [[t
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• Dictionary of Ecology
  ...biogeography, [[genetics]], soil science, [[geomorphology]], [[atmospheric science]], and [[oceanography]]. Coverage is wide-ranging and includes plant and an
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• Porosity
  ...cturing, [[earth science]]s, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_mechanics soil mechanics] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering engineering]. Used in geology, hydrogeology, soil science, and building science, the ''porosity'' of a porous [[medium]] (such as rock or sediment) [[descr
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• Earth Science
  ...d to the planet [[Earth]]. It is taken to be a special case in [[planetary science]], given the Earth is the only life-bearing planet currently discovered. Th The following fields of [[science]] are generally categorized within the geosciences:
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• Soil
  ...1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, soil, piece of land, from Vulgar Latin *solium, alteration of [[Latin]] solea so *3 : country, land <our [[native]] soil>
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• Quicksand
  ...ng water, seepage forces oppose the force of [[gravity]] and suspend the [[soil]] particles. ...at which the weight of the object is equal to the weight of the displaced soil/water mix and the submerged object floats due to its [[buoyancy]].
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• Consolidation
  ==Soil Consolidation== ...a soil that is saturated with [[water]], water will be squeezed out of the soil. The magnitude of consolidation can be [[predicted]] by many [[different]]
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• Clay
  ...minerals, and that is used for brick, tile, and pottery; specifically : [[soil]] composed chiefly of this material having particles less than a specified ...] activity. Clay deposits may be formed in place as residual deposits in [[soil]], but thick deposits usually are formed as the result of a secondary [http
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• Dust
  ...nd animal hairs, textile fibers, paper fibers, [[minerals]] from outdoor [[soil]], human skin cells, burnt meteorite particles and many other [[materials]] [[Category: Earth Science]]
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• Land
  :b : ground or [[soil]] of a specified situation, [[nature]], or [[quality]] <dry land> ...egions. In this [[context]], [[terrestrial]] is used to mean "of land" ([[soil]] and rock), rather than the more general sense "of [[Earth]]" (which inclu
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• Grassroots
  ...n 1912, "This party has come from the grass roots. It has grown from the [[soil]] of people's hard [[necessities]]." In a 1907 newspaper article about Ed P [[Category: Political Science]]
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• Geomancy
  ...by earth"; it is a translation of the Arabic term ‛ilm al-raml, or the "[[science]] of the sand". Earlier Greek renditions of this word borrowed the word ram ...rets]] markings on the ground or the patterns formed by tossed handfuls of soil, rocks, or sand. The most prevalent form of divinatory geomancy involves in
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• Strength
  :m. Of soil: Firmness. ==Description (Materials Science)==
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• Natural Sciences
  ...ientific method to study human behavior and society, and from the [[formal science]]s, such as [[mathematics]] and [[logic]], which use a different [[methodol ...the [[art]]s on the other. [[Mathematics]], [[statistics]] and [[computer science]] are not considered natural sciences, but provide many tools and framework
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• Strata
  ...of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedimentary_rock sedimentary rock] or [[soil]] with internally consistent characteristics that distinguish it from other [[Category: Earth Science]]
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• Map
  ...f the physical is to show features of [[geography]] such as [[mountains]], soil type or land use including infrastruction such as roads, railroads and buil [[Category: Earth Science]]
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• Profile
  :b : a vertical section of a [[soil]] from the ground [[surface]] to the underlying unweathered material '''Profiling''' ([[Information science]]) refers to the whole [[process]] of construction and application of profi
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• Forest
  ...] as [[habitats]] for [[organisms]], hydrologic [[flow]] modulators, and [[soil]] conservers, constituting one of the most important aspects of the [[Earth [[Category: Earth Science]]
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• Geography
  ...aces and regions), study of man-land relationship, and research in [[earth science]]s.[https://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~kclarke/G200B/four_20traditions_20of_20geogr ...s 'a description of the world';that is Geography. In a word Geography is a Science - a thing not of mere names but of argument and reason, of cause and effect
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• Miracles
  A '''miracle''' is a perceptible interruption of the [[Science|laws of nature]], such that can be attempted to be explained by [[divine]] ...have to create and re-create the accident of heaviness for as long as the soil was to fall. For Muslim theologians, the laws of nature were only the custo
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