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Physical Science
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Chapter 20, Problem 1PEB
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The surface area of the pieces of large rock and small rock in m2, is the total surface area of the 32 pieces compared to that of the original rock.

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Ch. 20 - 11. Weathered materials move to lower elevations...Ch. 20 - 12. The slow movement downhill of soil on the...Ch. 20 - 13. The wide, level floor of a valley built by a...Ch. 20 - 14. The deposit at the mouth of a river where...Ch. 20 - 15. Rock fragments frozen in moving glacier ice...Ch. 20 - 16. The agent that has the least ability to...Ch. 20 - Prob. 17ACCh. 20 - Prob. 18ACCh. 20 - 19. What is the pH of natural rainwater? a. 5.0...Ch. 20 - 20. Freezing water exerts pressure on the wall...Ch. 20 - 21. Of the following rock weathering events, the...Ch. 20 - 22. Which of the following would have the...Ch. 20 - 23. Broad meanders on a very wide, gently sloping...Ch. 20 - Prob. 24ACCh. 20 - 25. A likely source of loess is a. rock...Ch. 20 - 26. The landscape in a dry climate tends to be...Ch. 20 - 27. Peneplains and monadnocks are prevented from...Ch. 20 - 28. The phrase weathering of rocks means a. able...Ch. 20 - 29. What are you doing to a rock if you pick up...Ch. 20 - 30. What are you doing to the fragments of a...Ch. 20 - 31. What are you doing to a rock if you dissolve...Ch. 20 - Prob. 32ACCh. 20 - 33. The soil called loam is a. all sand and...Ch. 20 - 34. A moraine is a a. wind deposit. b. glacier...Ch. 20 - 35. The breaking up, crumbling, chemical...Ch. 20 - 36. Crushing of rock at a quarry to make...Ch. 20 - 37. Fragments of rocks fall into a mountain...Ch. 20 - 38. Tree roots grow and expand, and eventually...Ch. 20 - 39. Damage to the Lincoln Memorial by rain and...Ch. 20 - 40. Ferromagnesian minerals will react with...Ch. 20 - 41. You are planning a garden and need a soil...Ch. 20 - 42. The formation of a shallow layer of water by...Ch. 20 - 43. The most extensive glaciers in the United...Ch. 20 - 44. Continental glaciers are found...Ch. 20 - 45. An example of a chemical weathering process...Ch. 20 - Prob. 1QFTCh. 20 - 2. Granite is the most common rock found on...Ch. 20 - 3. What other erosion processes are important as...Ch. 20 - 4. Describe three ways in which a river erodes...Ch. 20 - Prob. 5QFTCh. 20 - Prob. 6QFTCh. 20 - 7. What is a glacier? How does a glacier erode...Ch. 20 - 8. What is rock flour and how is it produced? Ch. 20 - 9. Could a glacier erode the land lower than sea...Ch. 20 - 10. Explain why glacial erosion produces a...Ch. 20 - Prob. 11QFTCh. 20 - Prob. 12QFTCh. 20 - 13. What essential condition must be met before...Ch. 20 - 14. Compare the features caused by stream...Ch. 20 - 15. Compare the materials deposited by streams,...Ch. 20 - 16. Why do certain stone buildings tend to...Ch. 20 - Prob. 17QFTCh. 20 - 18. Discuss all the reasons you can in favor of...Ch. 20 - Prob. 1FFACh. 20 - 2. Speculate whether the continents will ever be...Ch. 20 - Prob. 3FFACh. 20 - Prob. 1PEBCh. 20 - 2. The average rate of chemical weathering of...Ch. 20 - 3. A slope is creeping at a rate of 1.2 mm/yr. A...Ch. 20 - Prob. 4PEBCh. 20 - Prob. 5PEBCh. 20 - Prob. 6PEBCh. 20 - 7. The elevation of a streambed is surveyed near...Ch. 20 - 8. Each year, sheet erosion removes 0.9 mm of...Ch. 20 - Prob. 9PEBCh. 20 - Prob. 10PEBCh. 20 - 11. The discharge (Q) of a stream is the velocity...Ch. 20 - 12. What is the velocity (v) of a stream with a...Ch. 20 - Prob. 13PEBCh. 20 - 14. A 1998 survey of glacial end moraines...Ch. 20 - 15. Rates of tectonic uplift can be determined...
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