________ is the picking up and physical removal of rock particles by an agent such as wind, flowing liquid water, or glaciers.

A. Extraction
B. Erosion
C. Weathering
D. Provenance
E. Deposition


Answer: B

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A) arkose sandstone. B) breccia. C) conglomerate. D) lithic mudstone.

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