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ISBN: 9780073513898

Author: Bill Tillery

Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION

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Ideal gas law states that the product of pressure and volume of a gas directly varies with the product of the number of moles, the universal gas constant, and the temperature of the gas.

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Chapter 20, Problem 4AC

The physical breakup of rocks without any changes in their chemical composition is

a. oxidation.

b. mechanical weathering.

c. erosion.

d. transportation.

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