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A niche in sandstone, such as that in Arizona's Canyon de Chelly, is indicative of which weathering process?

A) exfoliation
B) carbonation
C) frost wedging
D) salt-crystal growth

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Salt-crystal growth (salt weathering) is prevalent in which climate type?

A) mesothermal
B) tropical
C) arid
D) polar

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Which of the following is not a denudation process?

A sinkhole that develops over a period of hours or days and forms from a collapse through the roof of an underground cavern is known as a

A translational slide involves

A mass of falling and tumbling rock, debris, and soil traveling at a high velocity owing to the presence of ice or water is a

The principle that landscape formation is balance between endogenic and exogenic processes is called

Which of the following can lead to the slope failure that causes mass movement?

Solution sinkholes develop rapidly, typically over periods of hours or a few days.

In the spring of 1925 in Jackson Hole, WY, about 37 million m³ of moisture-laden soil and rock moved down one side of the canyon and surge up the other side. This is an example of a(n)

The weathering of limestone can create circular depressions known as

In the Andes Mountains of South America, entire towns of thousands of people have been buried suddenly when water and loose materials traveled downhill as a viscous fluid. This type of catastrophic event is known as a

List and describe anthropogenic mass movement.

Describe the forces acting on a slope, and also the various physical aspects of a slope, such as waxing slope and debris slope.

The mass movement process responsible of the curved growing pattern in the trees and the downsloping leaning of the utility posts and fences is

Frost wedging is an example of ________ weathering processes.

The concave lower portion of a typical slope is called a

The convex upper portion of a typical slope is called a

Physical and chemical weathering processes are not separate-they often operate in concert to decompose and dissolve rock.

By definition, a landscape in a state of dynamic equilibrium experiences no change.