A weathering process that involves the buildup of salts on rock surfaces through evaporation where these salts weaken the cements that bond the rocks so that they break is

What will be an ideal response?


Salt-Crystal Growth

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Human reaction time is usually greater than 0.10 s. If your friend holds a ruler between your fingers and releases it without warning, how far can you expect the ruler to fall before you catch it?

A. at least 3.0 cm B. at least 4.9 cm C. at least 6.8 cm D. at least 9.8 cm

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The term magnetic declination refers to which of the following?

a. angle between Earth's magnetic field and Earth's surface b. Earth's magnetic field strength at the equator c. tendency for Earth's field to reverse itself d. angle between directions to true north and magnetic north

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Dust and gas in the Milky Way

A. are concentrated in a thin layer in the disk. B. are found in different places: dust primarily in the disk and gas primarily in the halo. C. are spread evenly throughout the halo and disk. D. are found in different places: gas primarily in the disk and dust primarily in the halo.

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A child is riding a merry-go-round that has an instantaneous angular speed of 1.25 rad/s and an angular acceleration of 0.745 rad/s2. The child is standing 4.65 m from the center of the merry-go-round

What is the magnitude of the linear acceleration of the child? A) 8.05 m/s2 B) 7.27 m/s2 C) 2.58 m/s2 D) 3.46 m/s2 E) 4.10 m/s2

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