Briefly describe physical weathering, providing examples of several physical weathering processes
What will be an ideal response?
Physical weathering is the disintegration of rock without any chemical alterations to the rock. Examples include frost wedging, salt weathering, root wedging (briefly mentioned in the chapter), and exfoliation.
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What is the process of a colony's gaining (or regaining) control over its territory and establishing a separate, independent government?
A) imperialism B) revolution C) colonization D) autonomy E) decolonialization
What is the name of the adjoining quadrangle to the south?
The question is based on the lower right (southeast) corner of the “Greasewood Spring, Arizona,” quadrangle (Maps T-18 and T-19 shown in color in the back of the Lab Manual). What will be an ideal response?
Discuss the relationship between plate tectonics and the rock cycle. Provide examples of where various types of rocks
might be found in terms of plate tectonics. What will be an ideal response?
What is NOT one of the ways that people have tried to specifically mitigate flood damage?
A. limiting land use in floodplains via zoning regulations B. building artificial levees to control floodwaters C. constructing dams to produce hydroelectricity D. building artificial distributary channels E. restoring floodplains to increase “storage capacity”