Physical Science
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Author: Bill Tillery, Stephanie J. Slater, Timothy F. Slater
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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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Chapter 20 Solutions
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14. The deposit at the mouth of a river where...Ch. 20 -
15. Rock fragments frozen in moving glacier ice...Ch. 20 -
16. The agent that has the least ability to...Ch. 20 - Prob. 17ACCh. 20 - Prob. 18ACCh. 20 -
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23. Broad meanders on a very wide, gently sloping...Ch. 20 - Prob. 24ACCh. 20 -
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27. Peneplains and monadnocks are prevented from...Ch. 20 -
28. The phrase weathering of rocks means
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29. What are you doing to a rock if you pick up...Ch. 20 -
30. What are you doing to the fragments of a...Ch. 20 -
31. What are you doing to a rock if you dissolve...Ch. 20 - Prob. 32ACCh. 20 -
33. The soil called loam is
a. all sand and...Ch. 20 -
34. A moraine is a
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