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- 1. Multiple Choice
the general terms for the movement of sediment by wind, water, glaciers
weathering
erosion
deposition
- 2. Multiple Choicethe breakdown of rock into smaller pieces of the same rock without any change in its compositionmechanical weatheringchemical weatheringerosiondeposition
- 3. Multiple Choicethe process by which layers or sheets of rock gradually break offexfoliationabrasionerosiondeposition
- 4. Multiple Choice
the process of wearing down by friction - like sand blasting
exfoliation
abrasion
erosion
deposition
- 5. Multiple Choicethe breakdown or decomposition of rock that takes place when minerals change through chemical processeschemical weatheringmechanical weatheringerosiondeposition
- 6. Multiple Choicedecayed organic matter in soilabrasionexfoliationhumuserosion
- 7. Multiple Choicea soil layer with physical and chemical properties that differ from those soil layers above and below itsoil profilesoil horizonhumusdeposition
- 8. Multiple Choicethe soil horizon in a specific location; a cross section of soil layers that display all soil layerssoil profilesoil horizonhumusdeposition
- 9. Multiple Choicethe expansion of desert conditions in areas where the natural plant cover has been destroyeddesertificationexfoliationabrasionerosion
- 10. Multiple Choicethe process in which sediment particles are picked up and moved from one place to anothermechanical weatheringchemical weatheringerosiondeposition
- 11. Multiple Choicethe part of the erosion process in which sediment travels to a new location and is laid down or dropped offchemical weatheringmechanical weatheringerosiondeposition
- 12. Multiple ChoiceRoots grow into cracks of a rock and pry them apartmechanical weatheringchemical weatheringerosiondeposition
- 13. Multiple Choiceoxidation produces rust on some rocks containing ironchemical weatheringmechanical weatheringerosiondeposition
- 14. Multiple Choicerock is broken by the freezing and thawing of icechemical weatheringmechanical weatheringerosiondeposition
- 15. Multiple Choicerock particles wear away rockmechanical weatheringchemical weatheringerosiondeposition
- 16. Multiple Choiceplants produce weak acids that slowly dissolve the rock they are growing onchemical weatheringmechanical weatheringerosiondeposition
- 17. Multiple Choicefossil fuels react with water producing acid rain that wears minerals away in the rockchemical weatheringmechanical weatheringerosiondeposition
- 18. Multiple Choiceanimals break up the ground by burrowingmechanical weatheringchemical weatheringerosiondeposition
- 19. Multiple Choicecarbon dioxide dissolves in water then weathers marble and limestonechemical weatheringmechanical weatheringerosiondeposition
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