Category: Earth Science

Dethatching a Lawn Dethatching is the removal of built-up dead grasses in your lawn to allow water and air to get to the root of the live grasses. You can get more lawn dethatching tips, the importance of dethatching your Read more…

What does it mean to Dethatch your Lawn? Dethatching a lawn means clearing out the layer of dead grass, leaves, and other organic debris that accumulates on the top of your lawn over time. The layer of dead weeds is Read more…

Pedology Pedology deals with the formation, genetics, origin of soil and morphology, and other related characteristics. There are physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of the soil for it to be productive. Pedology is reflected as the origin and also the Read more…

Spring is a busy time if you have a garden as there is much to do. You start preparing your garden for the summer season from spring. The garden has to be cleaned from autumn and winter specks of dirt. Read more…

Metamorphic Rock Definition Metamorphic Rock can be defined as a type of rock that is formed by the marked transformation of other rocks such as igneous rocks and sedimentary rocks owing to heat, pressure, movement within the earth’s crust, and Read more…

What are Sedimentary Rocks? Sedimentary rock is a type of rock that is formed from a deposit of small pieces of different rocks, which form strata or layers and harden up through a process known as lithification. Sedimentary rocks are Read more…

Plant Excretion Definition Excretion in plants is the removal of unwanted substances from the plant system. Excretion in plants and animals are similar, however, excretion in plants has distinct characteristics that are different from that of animals. This is because Read more…

What is Igneous Rock? Igneous rock ( also called magmatic rock) is one of the 3 main types of rocks and it is formed by the cooling and solidification of magma. Igneous rocks are characterized by a deposit of different Read more…

There are three types of weathering – Physical weathering, chemical weathering, and biological weathering. Our focus today will be on physical weathering, the processes involved, agents, and examples.   What is Physical weathering? Physical weathering is also known as mechanical Read more…

How do you define Chemical Weathering? The chemical weathering of rock can be summarized as the chemical decomposition of rocks. Chemical weathering of rocks is the disintegration of rocks caused by chemical reactions, and not by mechanical processes. Chemical weathering Read more…