• Make a list of the physical features of the eastern United States that you learned about in your reading assignment. • Make a similar list for the western United States. • Use Internet or library resources to learn more about the items you included on your lists. If possible, find images to better your understanding of these features. • Take notes on how the landforms of the two regions are similar and different. • Write an essay comparing and contrasting the physical landscapes of the eastern and western United States.

Say whether each of the following statements relates to the influence on weathering by rock composition, rock properties, or climate. 1.exposed rock in the mountains of alaska 2.a lack of fractures in an outcrop3.quartz is rarely affected by dissolution, hydrolysis, or oxidation4.high porosity (a large amount of space between grains in a rock)5.rocks on the coast of a tropical island6.minerals that dissolve in the presence of waterthe good earth/chapter 9: weathering and soils weathering ratesthe good earth/chapter 9: weathering and soilscompositional control1.weathering is faster in rocks composed of weaker material or material that is easily converted to weaker material (such as feldspars)2.weathering is faster in rocks made up of minerals that dissolve in water (salt, gypsum)3.weathering is slower in rocks made of resistant materials (quartz)rock property control1.weathering is faster in rocks that allow air and water in (porous, fractured)2.fractures are natural weathering surfaces3.igneous and metamorphic rocks generally have low porosity –do you think they are particularly susceptible to weathering

7. according to the theory of isostasy, which statement must be true? a. the asthenosphere is denser than the lithosphere. b. the asthenosphere has the same density as the lithosphere. c. the lithosphere has the same density as the core. d. the lithosphere is denser than the asthenosphere.

Acompany produces items in small batches. the machinery needs to warm up before the items can be produced. the scatterplot shows the time needed to produce batches of different numbers of items. based on the line of best fit, which of these statements is true?