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Geology Exam 3 part 2

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1.
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what is an example of a clastic sedimentary rock
2.
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as a rock breaks into smaller pieces, the ratio of surface area to volume
3.
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what radioactive isotope is the most useful for dating very young wood and charcoal (<10,000 years old)
4.
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what was the main weakness in Lord Kelvin's attempt to calculate the age of the earth
5.
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what is a general pressure in all directions, such as the pressure that the atmosphere exerts
6.
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turbidity currents generate
7.
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what rock type would be most affected by chemical weathering
8.
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foliation is caused by
9.
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weathering involves
10.
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rocks ultimately weather because
11.
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marble is a metamorphic rock that forms from
12.
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which geologic time unit is the youngest
13.
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what force is the dominant cause of mass movement
14.
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metamorphic rocks may form from
15.
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frost action is effective in weathering because
16.
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fossils are most common in which rock type
17.
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a clastic sedimentary rock contains a piece of coarse grained quartz. what rock is most likely in the source
18.
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what type of sediments are accumulations of solid fragments produced by weathering
19.
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which is decreasing particle size
20.
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what group of minerals will only form as a result of weathering
21.
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what sort of metamorphism is the rock type mylonite associated with
22.
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sedimentary processes take place
23.
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match the man and the method for dating the earth
24.
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the study of the layers in sedimentary rock is known as
25.
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an undeformed sedimentary layer is _____ than the layer above and _____ than the layer below
26.
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in which sedimentary rocks would it be easiest to determine the type of rocks from which the sediment derived
27.
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what metamorphic rock cannot form from a shale
28.
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which mineral will dissolve completely during weathering
29.
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dendrochronology is a dating method that is based on
30.
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a break-through in our attempts to accurately date the earth came when
31.
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in sediment and sedimentary rocks, the term texture refers to
32.
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varves are
33.
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what statement regarding radiometric dating is true
34.
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the horizontal like labeled X-X is
35.
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the cycling of CO2 on earth is described in the so-called ____ cycle
36.
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What sort of object or item is Kepler 1986f
37.
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as one approaches the source of a particular sedimentary layer
38.
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metamorphism is most common along which plate boundary type
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burial of sediments results in
40.
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the main types of weathering are
41.
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what sequence describes the metamorphic changes in a shale with increasing metamorphic grade (left to right)
42.
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the diagonal layers are called
43.
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an arkose is a type of
44.
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besides geology which other field of study uses the concept of deep time
45.
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what is a type of weathering that does not involve expansion
46.
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what environment is a shoreline environment
47.
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what mineral would be most concentrated at a site containing heavily weathered sediments
48.
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what type of metamorphism is caused by igneous intrusions
49.
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the study of ancient life forms preserved in the rock record is referred to as
50.
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which region is most likely to be dominated by mechanical weathering
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