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What type of plate boundaries are responsible for the San Andreas Fault?

Transform boundaries

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What type of plate boundaries are responsible for these folded rocks in the Pyrinees?

Convergent boundaries

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True or false? Gravity causes water to flow from higher to lower ground.

True

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What caused these shapes?

Limestone was weathered by rainwater containing dissolved CO2 (this process is sometimes called carbonation and is a type of chemical weathering).

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What is happening in this rock?

Even the tiniest bacteria, algae and lichens produce chemicals that help break down the rock on which they live. This is Biological Weathering.

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What type of weathering is shown in the picture? a) Mechanical; b) Biological; c) Chemical; d) Magical

b) Biological (plant roots can enter a small crack in a rock. As the root grows larger the crack gets larger. This weakens the structure of the rock).

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Chemical weathering is most likely to take place in environments that are: a) cold; b) wet; c) dry.

b) wet (These chemical processes need water, and occur more rapidly at higher temperature, so warm, damp climates are best.))

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What type of weathering is shown in the picture? a) Mechanical; b) Biological; c) Chemical; d) Magical

a) Mechanical (water soaks into small fissures and cracks, expands when it freezes in the winter, and physically breaks the rock apart)

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Water has the power to split rocks because when it freezes, it: a) contracts; b) evaporates; c) expands

c) expands

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How are sand dunes formed?

Sand dunes form when wind-blow sand starts to pile up.

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What is eroding this land? a) Wind; b) Rain; c) Glaciers; d) Rivers.

b) Rain (Rain-splash erosion: rain splashing down on the land and dislodging weathered material such as pebbles or soil).

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Was this valley eroded by a river ir by a glacier?

A U-shaped valley is an example of a glacial landform, carved by slowly moving glaciers.

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