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Weathering 5.1 review

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The type of weathering when the edges and corners become rounded
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Name the mineral from granite that could end up at the beach if chemical weathering occurs
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One of the physical processes of mechanical weathering
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Oxygen reacting with certain minerals
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Water expands this much when it becomes frozen
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A rock broken into several pieces increases its (3 words)
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This can occur when decaying plants create acids (2 words)
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The mountain chain nearest us
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The type of weather where acids affect change.
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The breaking down and changing of rocks
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Marble breaks down quicker than granite because it has ____ which dissolves easily with weak acids
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The more _____ that decays the more acid that is created
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Water absorbs carbon dioxide when rain falls through this
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Exfoliation is common with this rock
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Large piles of rocks created due to frost wedging
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The common term for iron oxide
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The act of separating rock like the layers of an onion.
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A type of weathering with freeze-thaw cycles
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Burrowing is classified as __ (2 words)
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The kind of organic matter that helps for carbonic acid
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The most important agent of chemical weathering
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The type of acid that forms when oxygen is combined with CO2
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A factor that affects the rate of weathering
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Unloading occurs due to erosion and ____