Earth's Exogenic Processes Quiz

What is the process of breaking down rocks physically or chemically?

Which process originates externally to the Earth's surface and shapes the Earth that we see today?

Which type of weathering allows the breakdown of rocks into smaller units without changing their chemical composition?

What happens when rocks undergo regular freezing and thawing?

What geological phenomena and processes originate externally to the Earth's surface?

What is the process of rocks breaking into rectangular blocks or irregular chunks due to physical weathering?

What process weakens the rock through its pores?

Which process involves the rock surface expanding and contracting due to temperature?

What process involves certain minerals being dissolved in acidic water?

Which process involves water reacting with minerals and breaking them down?

What is the highest angle that the side or slope of a mound of unconsolidated sediments will achieve under the influence of gravity called?

What can hold sediments together, impeding the action of gravity and affecting the stability and consolidation of material?

What can fill spaces (intergranular spaces) and enable moist sand to achieve steeper sides (higher angle of repose)?

What includes bacteria consuming certain minerals and the secretion of organic acids by other organisms?

What type of mass wasting involves a downslope process of transporting bodies from a higher elevation to a lower one?

What type of mass wasting involves direct downward pull of gravity in the absence of surface rapid mass wasting movement?