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WorksheetsEndogenic Processes
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
It occur in roots of plants, fungi and lichens secrete organic acids that dissolve minerals and the nutrients are taken in by these organisms.
oxidation
carbonation
biological weathering
hydrolysis
occurs when there are chemical changes in at least some of the composition of the rock
physical weathering
chemical weathering
endogenic
exogenic
occurs when a rock is exposed to high temperature such as a forest fire; its outer layer expands due to baking when it cools, the outer layer contracts, causing the surface to break-off into sheets.
thermal expansion
frost wedging
salt wedging
root wedging
it occurs when the water inside of rocks freezes and expands.
frost action
salt wedging
root wedging
none of the above
minerals absorb water and chemically change the composition of the material.
carbonation
hydrolysis
hydration
oxidation
it includes geological phenomena and processes that originate externally to the Earth's surface
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A kind of chemical weathering that occurs when the oxygen combines with another substance and creates compounds called oxides.
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occurs when a plant , especially trees, sink root systems into joints and fractures.
(a)
when ice, water, or wind causes sediments to have collisions physical weathering results.
(a)
describes the breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on the surface of the Earth.
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