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GEOGRAPHY QUIZ
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1) How many types of weathering are there and what are their names?
A) 3, chemical, wind, waterfalls
B) 2, chemical, onion skin, biological, freeze thaw
C) 4, chemical, onion skin, biological, freeze thaw
2) Explain what happens when the process of wind erosion occurs.
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3) Explain why chemical weathering breaks down rocks such as limestone.
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4) Explain why freeze thaw weathering does NOT occur in a dessert.
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5) Match up these types of weathering to their description.
a)chemical
1) peels by heating and cooling
b) Freeze thaw
2) Expands cracks by expanding
c) Biological
3) breaks down by acid
D) Onion skin
4) animal or plant actions
6) What is the difference between weathering and erosion?
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