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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT PCMSWEATHERING
EXAM QUESTIONS
Actual Qs and Ans Expert-Verified Explanation
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-Guarantee passing score -22 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: Ex: flood water pounding against a canyon wall and wearing it down
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Weathering
Question 2: Erosion
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the process in which weathered particles are picked up and moved from one place to another
Question 3: sinkhole
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an open basin that forms when the roof of a cave becomes so thin that it falls in
Question 4: Deposition
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the part of the erosion process in which sediment travels to a new location and dropped
Question 5: Caves beign formed by acid raind dissolving underground limestone
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Weathering
Question 6: Ponds filling up with sediment and becoming marshes
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Deposition
Question 7: Wind blowing sand from one location to another
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Erosion
Question 8: Mechanical weathering (Physical weathering)
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the breakdown of rock into smaller pieces of the same material without any change in its composition
Question 9: Mass Wasting
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A large mass ...wastes away. The downhill movement of a large amount of rock or soil
Question 10: Deltas forming at the mouths of rivers
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Deposition Question 11: Ex: Layers of sediment forming at the bottom of the ocean
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Deposition
Question 12: Glaciers dropping rock and sand to form terminal moraines.
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Deposition
Question 13: A mudslide flowing down a steep hill
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Erosion
Question 14: Abrasion
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the process of wearing down by friction
Question 15: sandbar
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a ridge of sand built up by the action of waves and currents
Question 16: glacier
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a large mass of ice that moves over land
Question 17: Delta
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an area of land at the end or mouth of a river that is formed by the buildup of sediment
Question 18: Floodplain
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flat area of land on either side of a stream that is underwater when the stream floods
Question 19: Glaciers scraping rocks across the earth's surface
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Weathering
Question 20: Rain washing away soil from a hillside
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Erosion
Question 21: weathering
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the process of natural forces breaking down rock
Question 22: Chemical weathering
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the breakdown or decomposition of rock that takes place when minerals change through chemical processes
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