The characteristic type of sedimentary rock shed off of the Ancestral Rockies uplift blocks was black shale

a. True
b. False


False

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a. mitosis. d. meiosis. b. DNA. e. chance. c. replication

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What is the term for the processes that disintegrate, wear away, and remove rock material?

A. weathering B. erosion C. mass wasting D. denudation E. creep

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Earth's early temperature may have been _________ than today even though the sun was _________ because of __________ levels of greenhouses gases.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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An example of chemical weathering is

A. exfoliation. B. the breakdown of rocks by freezing and thawing. C. the wearing away of a stream bank by a river. D. karst topography.

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