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A student runs an erosion simulation with default conditions selected, as shown. Which change will speed up the rate of erosion?
ErosionRatesAQ1
Change the rock type to shale.
Increase the precipitation.
Increase the temperature.
All of the above.
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All of the above.
- Shale is weaker and erodes more easily than harder rocks.
- More precipitation increases runoff and transport, raising erosion.
- Higher temperature speeds chemical weathering and biological activity that break down rock, making erosion faster.
- Shale is weaker and erodes more easily than harder rocks.
- More precipitation increases runoff and transport, raising erosion.
- Higher temperature speeds chemical weathering and biological activity that break down rock, making erosion faster.
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