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True-False Quiz



 This activity contains 10 questions.

Question 1.
Whenever bedrock is exposed, it weathers.
   
 
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Question 2.
The most common structural features of the rocks of the lithosphere are faults.
   
 
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Question 3.
From a chemical standpoint, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and water vapor are the three atmospheric components of greatest importance in rock weathering.
   
 
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Question 4.
Mechanical weathering is the physical disintegration of rock material without any change in its chemical composition.
   
 
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Question 5.
The frequent alternation of freezing and thawing is called frost shattering or frost wedging.
   
 
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Question 6.
Chemical processes operate more rapidly in dry climates than in humid climates.
   
 
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Question 7.
In cold lands the influence of mechanical weathering is dominant.
   
 
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Question 8.
A landslide is an instantaneous collapse of a slope with plastic flow.
   
 
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Question 9.
Slumping involves slope collapse in which the rock or regolith moves downward and at the same time rotates outward along a curved surface that has its concave side facing upward.
   
 
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Question 10.
Mass wasting is the process whereby weathered material is moved a relatively short distance downslope under the direct influence of gravity.
   
 
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