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According to a study for the Federal Department of Health and Human Services how much do most teenagers earn per hour

8 dollars per hour or less

Which rocks are worn down and altered over a period of time is called

weathering

What river stage causes the greatest amount of erosion

young

What occurs when a soluble mineral receives water through precipitation causing it to weaken

Hydrolysis

What occurs when water seeps into the cracks of rocks and then freezes

Water expands when it freezes, therefore it tends to cause the rocks to crack (or perhaps I should say, it causes existing cracks to get larger, leading to the disintegration of the rock).

What forms where a river's mouth meets the sea or ocean

delta

What are the areas of sediment deposit where a river's mouth reaches flat land at the bottom of a mountain

A+

Alluviain fans

Which metal is the most readily oxidated of all the elements

iron

What forms when lava flows vertically through a layer of rock

dike

Which of these is the result of a spring forming in a desert region

oasis

What is a system of streams that connect to one primary river called

Tributaries are streams that flow into one primary river. A tributary can also flow into another stream or a lake.

What are water droplets in the clouds are pulled back to earth by

gravity

What can pollution gases produced by factories and automobiles cause

acid rain

A scientist who studies water is called a

Hydrologist

Hydrolysis is a source of which type of weathering

chemical a +

The process by which rocks are worn down and altered over a period of time is called

erosion

A firm ridge of sand that appears off the main shoreline due to ocean wave weathering is called a

sandbar

Vegetation is a source of which type of weathering

Mechanical

When a glacier leaves behind a rock that is of completely different material composition than the formation it is deposited upon it is called

The rock is called a glacial erratic when it is left behind by a glacier, and is of a completely different material composition than the rocks on which it was deposited.

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