Consider the butte shown below,which is made of sedimentary rock.
-What accounts for the fact that the slope angles are different in rock units A and B?
A) gravity acts unevenly on the slopes.
B) the slopes in A receive more rainfall than the slopes in B.
C) the lack of cohesion among particles in unit B makes it compress.
D) unit A has a greater resistance to particle motion than does unit B.
E) unit B is less resistant to erosion than unit A.
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A)a closed system.
B)an
Q11: The uplift of mountains is caused by
A)endogenic
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A)remains unstable
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A)a conversion
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