Consider the Butte Shown Below,which Is Made of Sedimentary Rock

question 33

Multiple Choice

Consider the butte shown below,which is made of sedimentary rock.

-What accounts for the fact that the slope angles are different in rock units A and B?

• A)gravity acts unevenly on the slopes.
• B)the slopes in A receive more rainfall than the slopes in B.
• C)the lack of cohesion among particles in unit B makes it compress.
• D)unit A has a greater resistance to particle motion than does unit B.
• E)unit B is less resistant to erosion than unit A.

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