Water flows into the cracks in a boulder and freezes. The water expands and pushes the rock apart. What surface process is this?
A. differential weathering
B. mechanical weathering
C. fast weathering
D. chemical weathering
Answer: B
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A) nation B) state C) province D) territory E) continent
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Explain the environmental significance of Chattanooga, Tennessee.
What will be an ideal response?
What moon in the outer solar system is most "earthlike" in terms of landforms, and possesses liquids (liquid methane not water) flowing across the surface?
A) Europa B) Titan C) Tethys D) Ganymede
Which of the following statements about the asthenosphere is not true?
a. It lies beneath the lithosphere. b. It is a rigid rock layer.
c. It behaves plastically. d. It acts like a lubricating layer allowing plates to move. e. It has the same composition as the lower mantle.