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Climate with the fastest weathering
a) wet and warm
b) wet and cold
c) dry and warm
d) dry and cold

Besides weathering, this is the general cause for all mass movements
a) gravity
b) water
c) snow
d) ice wedging

Mass movement where large amounts of rocks and sediment fall TOGETHER in one large section
a) landslide
b) mudflow
c) slump
d) creep

Term for rocks with many tiny air sacs/ holes that allow water to seep through it
a) Hot rocks
b) thawed rocks
c) permeable rocks
d) spongy rocks

This is when rocks, water and sediment move downhill rapidly
a) landslide
b) creep
c) slump
d) mudflow

Due to pollution, fires and volcanic eruptions, when precipitation becomes acidic
a) water
b) oxygen
c) carbon dioxide
d) acid rain

This is when much rocks and dry sediment move downhill rapidly.
a) mudflow
b) avalanche
c) landslide
d) slump

Some plants produce acids that eat away at rocks
a) water
b) oxygen
c) carbon dioxide
d) living organisms

Causes iron to rust, copper to turn green and silver to turn black
a) living organisms
b) oxygen/ oxidation
c) living organisms
d) acid rain

Weathers rock by dissolving it, most common cause of chemical weathering
a) oxygen
b) carbon dioxide
c) water
d) acid rain

This can be described as frost wedging
a) plant actions
b) animal actions
c) freeze and thaw
d) abrasion

When rocks act like sandpaper on other rocks
a) animal actions
b) plant actions
c) freeze thaw
d) abrasion

This occurs when roots crack rocks as they grow into them
a) plant actions
b) animal actions
c) freeze thaw
d) abrasion

Animals dig underground and loosen and break rocks
a) plant actions
b) release of pressure
c) abrasion
d) animal actions

When erosion lays down sediment
a) Erosion
b) Weathering
c) Deposition
d) Sediment

Type of weathering where rock is broken down through violent contact/ impacts
a) Chemical Weathering
b) Physical Weathering
c) Erosion
d) Deposition

Process where rocks are broken down through dissolving/ eating away of rocks
a) Chemical Weathering
b) Physical Weathering
c) Erosion
d) Deposition

Process by which bits of broken rock are carried away
a) Erosion
b) Weathering
c) Deposition
d) Sediment

The materials moved by erosion
a) Erosion
b) Weathering
c) Deposition
d) Sediment

The process that breaks down rocks and other substances
a) Erosion
b) Weathering
c) Deposition
d) Sediment

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