Which of the following is true of joints?
A) joints are small,localized fault planes along which movement occurs.
B) joints prevent more water from moving through the ground.
C) joints enhance the rate of weathering.
D) joints prevent water from entering the rock.
E) joints reduce the amount of surface area that weathering can work on.
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Q11: The uplift of mountains is caused by
A)endogenic
Q16: Consider the butte shown below,which is made
Q17: Uplift of the landscape creates _ energy
Q19: Movement at the geomorphic threshold signals
A)a conversion
Q20: Endogenic forces are responsible for _ and
Q22: The large sheets of rock that break
Q23: Other than the rock itself,the most important
Q24: You would expect only slight physical and
Q25: Hydration involves
A)a chemical weathering process.
B)swelling and stress
Q26: The disintegration and dissolving of surface and
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