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How does freezing water cause the weathering of rocks?  The freezing water—

• keeps the rocks in place
• makes the rocks last longer
• expands cracks and breaks rocks
• causes rocks to fall in landslides

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These rocks were broken apart from the continuous freeze/thaw of water in the cracks of the rocks. This is an example of:

• ice wedging
• acid rain
• permeability
• abrasion

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What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• strike slip

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A cliff formed near the ocean.  Which statement best describes how this cliff formed?

• Warm air melted the rock.
• Sun rays evaporated the rock.
• Ocean waves washed away rock.
• Plant roots pushed away the rock.

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fossil fuels react with water producing acid rain that wears minerals away in the rock

• chemical weathering
• mechanical weathering
• erosion
• deposition

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A cliff formed near the ocean.  Which statement best describes how this cliff formed?

• Warm air melted the rock.
• Sun rays evaporated the rock.
• Ocean waves washed away rock.
• Plant roots pushed away the rock.

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How do plants weather rocks?

• Plants don't weather rocks.
• When roots grow into cracks of rocks and expand the rock breaks.
• When the plant moves water from the roots to the leaves, the rock breaks.

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The tallest sand dunes in North America are found in Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado. These dunes were formed from the sand at the bottom of a dry lake bed. Which of the following agents is most likely responsible for the formation of the sand dunes?

• Wind

• Water

• Ice

• Gravity

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The emergence of new rivers or streams is a type of ____________ isolation.

• Temporal

• Mechanical

• Behavioral

• Geographic

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A break in the Earth's crust 

• fault 
• mountain
• plate
• fossil 

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