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Which of these does NOT contribute to physical weathering
a) chemical reactions
b) growing plants
c) flowing water
d) freezing water

Large rocks left behind by glaciers are known as
a) glacial debris
b) moraines
c) glacial till
d) erosion

WHich of these contributes to the formation of sand dunes?
a) deposition
b) erosion
c) weathering
d) terminus

What happens next? 1) Glacier bottom melts. 2) Glacier begins to slide 3)...
a) pressure builds on the mound
b) snow collects quickly
c) glacier tears at the ground
d) glacier bottom turns to ice

rocks or gravel left by a glacier
a) debris
b) moraine
c) physical
d)

a slow process that breaks rocks into smaller pieces
a) weathering
b) glacial till
c) terminus
d)

the carrying away of weathered pieces of rock
a) erosion
b) debris
c) physical
d)

weathering that breaks down rock without changing the rock type
a) physical
b) terminus
c) debris
d)

an unsorted mixture of debris dropped by a glacier
a) glacial till
b) debris
c) weathering
d)

the bottom end of a glacier
a) terminus
b) erosion
c) physical
d)

features that form where glacial till builds up
a) moraine
b) erosion
c) weathering
d)

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