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True or False? Mechanical weathering changes the size of a rock
True
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True or False? Chemical weathering changes the materials in a rock
False
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True or False? Ice wedging is a chemical weathering process
False
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True or False? A rock with a great deal of surface area weathers more easily
True
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True or False? Weathering prevents plants from getting water and substances it contains
False
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True or False? Acid rain causes less chemical weathering than normal rain
False
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True or False? Oxidation is a type of mechanical weathering
False
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True or False? Dissolving can be an example of chemical weathering
True
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True or False? Most types of weathering are slower in cold, dry places
True
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True or False? Rocks containing minerals with low hardness undergo mechanical weathering more easily
True
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Mechanical weathering is any process that
Breaks rocks into smaller pieces
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Chemical weathering changes the
Materials in a rock
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Which is a type of mechanical weathering?
Abrasion
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Which process occurs in chemical weathering?
dissolving
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Which material is an organic part of soil?
leaves
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Which is NOT a factor in the formation of soil?
fertility
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Parent material in soil is in the
C-horizon
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Chemical weathering
is more likely to occur faster near the poles
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Which is true?
Steep slopes slow down the weathering process
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Mechanical weathering by plants is most effective
in a desert
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Abrasion would be most effective on a rock
In a swiftly flowing stream
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Which models chemical weathering?
exposing a rock to rain
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Inorganic components of most soils include
Air, water, and minerals
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In which location would soil form the fastest?
a forest in a warm climate
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Unscramble the word - snoopitide
deposition
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Unscramble the word - roinose
erosion
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Unscramble the word - esporcs
Process
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Unscramble the word - etlad
delta
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Fill in the blank - __________ the removal of weathered material
Erosion
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Fill in the blank - __________ an ongoing event or a series of related events.
process
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Fill in the blank - __________ the laying down of sediment
deposition
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Fill in blank - ________ a large deposit of sediment that forms where a stream enters a large body of water
Delta
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In which environment would well-sorted sediment would be present?
in beach sand deposited by waves
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How does a hoodoo form?
differing rates of erosion
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Which factor is NOT an agent of weathering?
sediment
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Which landform is created by glaciers?
moraine
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Which landform is a wide, flat area located next to a river?
a floodplain
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Which geographies feature is crumbly, wind blown deposit of silt and clay?
loess
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In which process do wind and ice erode rock by scraping against it?
abrasion
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Which formation is created by wind deposition?
A dune
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Unscramble - SASM AWTCGINS
mass wasting
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Unscramble- NLADIEDLS
landslide
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unscramble- ASLTU
talus
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which situation helps reduce the chance of mass wasting?
presence of plants
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Which type of mass wasting occurs most slowly?
Creep
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Which landform is the result of glacial erosion?
a horn
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The two types of glaciers are
alpine and ice sheet
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Which type of landform is created by deposition
a sandbar
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which type of erosion forms limestone caves
Groundwater erosion
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Mass wasting is the movement of rocks and soil due to
gravity
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