________ involves the breakdown of parent material by reactions with water and acids

A) Leaching B) Physical weathering
C) Chemical weathering D) Erosion


C

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Air mass modifications produced by cyclones or topography rather than surface temperatures are called:

A) microscale modifications. B) mechanical modifications. C) synoptic modifications. D) thermal modifications.

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Which two satellites are the only ones in the solar system known to have substantial atmosphere?

A) Neptune's moon Triton and Jupiter's moon Io B) Saturn's moon Titan and Neptune's moon Triton C) Uranus's moon Miranda and Saturn's moon Rhea D) Jupiter's moon Io and Earth's moon

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Compared with the other Group C types, what distinguishes marine west coast climates?

A. They don’t occur in the midlatitudes. B. They receive more solar radiation. C. They are typically the driest of all C climates. D. They receive onshore flow of westerlies. E. They provide very little cloud cover.

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Which resource would most likely be formed in a humid environment?

a. evaporites b. red beds c. sand deposits d. coal e. diamonds

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