12th Edition

ISBN: 9781260826524

Author: Tillery

Publisher: MCG

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Chapter 20, Problem 29AC

What are you doing to a rock if you pick up the small pieces of a smashed rock?

a. Mechanical weathering

b. Chemical weathering

c. Erosion

d. Transportation

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