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Weathering, Erosion, and Mass Movement

Weathering, Mass Movement, & Erosion
Review Questions

1. In a general way, compare and contrast physical and chemical weathering.

2. List the effects of chemical weathering on minerals and rocks.

3. Compare and contrast hydration and hydrolysis.

4. What is soil creep and what features of the landscape can be used to tell creep has taken place?

5. Compare and contrast slumps and slides.

6. Explain the process of mass movement.

7. What does erosion mean?

8. Describe the process of rain drop erosion. 

9. What is particularly harmful about sheet erosion?

10. Compare and contrast rill and gully erosion.

 

 

 

 

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For Citation: Ritter, Michael E. The Physical Environment: an Introduction to Physical Geography.
2006. Date visited.  http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/geog101/textbook/title_page.html

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