Which of the following will increase the likelihood of ductile deformation in a rock? View Available Hint(s) a decrease in confining pressure a decrease in rock temperature an increase in rock temperature altering the moisture content
Continued movement of the continental crust on the west side of the San Andreas fault could result in which of the following features? View Available Hint(s) a continental volcanic arc new oceanic crust an island an oceanic island arc a coastal mountain range
Which of the following statements regarding insolation is correct? (There is more than one possible answer.) Insolation is strongest near the equator and weakest near the poles. At the Tropic of Capricorn, the sun's zenith is at 90 degrees around December 21. Daily insolation depends on the angle of the sun in the sky and for how many hours. D In Orlando, the sun's zenith is never at 90-degrees. Areas north of the Arctic Circle receive 24 hours of daylight during the summer solstice, but at a very low angle.
The foliated texture of the rock (as exhibited by the banding of different colored minerals) provides evidence for the orientation of the maximum differential stress involved in its metamorphism. For this model!what is the direction of the maximum differential stress placed on the rock? View Available Hint(s) Along a direction roughly parallel to the orientation of the mineral layers Along a direction from the top to the bottom Along a direction at 45^circ to the orientation of the mineral layers Equally in all directions
What compass heading represents 35^circ north of west?
3. What is the product of mechanical and chemical weathering? Diapir Diatreme Pluton Sediment Question 4 4. The finest-size sediment. Silt Sand Clay Tillite
What is the air that sinks at latitudes of 30 degrees north and south like? This air is warm and dry. This air is cool and dry. This air is warm and wet. This air is cool and wet.
Which way does air move in an anticyclone in the Southern Hemisphere? up, and in a clockwise direction up, and in a counterclockwise direction down, and in a clockwise direction down, and in a counterclockwise direction
Which is not a type of silicate structure? A Single chain B Double chain C Sheet D Framework E Pentagonal
What is an erratic and how is it transported? Large boulder, bottom of glacier, plucking Large boulder, surface of glacier, erosion
How does the Coriolis effect influence global wind patterns? A. It causes winds to blow toward the poles in both the northern and southern hemispheres. B. It causes winds to be deflected to the right in both the northern and southern hemispheres. C. It causes winds to blow westward in the southern hemisphere and eastward in the northern hemisphere. D. It causes winds to be deflected to the left in the southern hemisphere and to the right in the northern hemisphere.
Which of the land masses found within Oceania provided the most terrestrial resources to humans? High Volcanic Islands The Tundra Coral Atolls Continental Landmasses
Question 5 (0.5 points) A Granite might metamorphose into a(n) __ Serpentinite Marble Gneiss Anthracite
The rain shadow effect is responsible for the formation of which of the following? the Sahara desert the Mojave desert the Grand Canyon the Brazilian rain forest the Great Plains
What is an example of a shoreline of emergence? ria coastline estuary marine terrace fjord delta
Which of the following an example of organic chemical sedimentary rock? rock salt chert oolitic limestone bituminous coal
What does Ganymede have that signals a partially molten interior? Rings Magnetic field Ice floes Retrograde rotation
Which concept is described in the theory proposed by Hess? Continents do not move. Cool rock pushes through the crust. Trenches are site's of seafloor spreading. Mid-ocean ridges are sites of seafloor spreading.
Absolute dating techniques can work with any type of material. True False
When the Aswan High Dam was completed, it formed a reservoir called Lake Nasser. True False Question 20 (1 point) Water is scarce in North Africa, so most people live near the Nile River and on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. True False Question 21 (1 point) Pastorialism is a type of agriculture focused on grazing livestock. True False
