Exercises

Question 16.1

What do the various kinds of rocks used for gravestones tell us about weathering?

Question 16.2

What rock-forming minerals found in igneous rocks weather to clay minerals?

Question 16.3

How does abundant rainfall affect weathering?

Question 16.4

Which weathers faster, a granite or a limestone?

Question 16.5

How does physical weathering affect chemical weathering?

Question 16.6

How does climate affect chemical weathering?

Question 16.7

What role do earthquakes play in the occurrence of landslides?

Question 16.8

What kinds of mass movements advance so rapidly that a person could not outrun them?

Question 16.9

How does the absorption of water weaken unconsolidated slope materials?

Question 16.10

What is the angle of repose, and how does it vary with water content?

Question 16.11

How does the steepness of a slope affect mass wasting?

Question 16.12

What is a mudflow, and how is it produced?

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