Snow results from all of the following processes, except:
A) riming.
B) deposition.
C) coalescence.
D) aggregation.
Answer: C
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A) Malathion B) Round Up C) DDT D) Pyrethroids
If you were designing a rock that would be easily weathered, which of the following characteristics would it have?
A. a limestone in a wet climate B. a soluble chemical composition C. a rock composed of abundant pieces D. closely spaced fractures E. All of these.
________________ is condensation that takes place on chemical nuclei and is often corrosive and dangerous to human health
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Mineral growth in magmas at the surface with temperatures around 1,000 to 1,200°C occurs in the following way
A. Iron and magnesium will link up with aluminum and the silicon-oxygen tetrahedron as magma temperature decreases to sequentially form four distinct and discontinuous families of minerals-olivine, pyroxene, amphibole, and biotite mica. B. Both of these are correct. C. Calcium will combine with aluminum and the silicon-oxygen tetrahedron to begin forming the plagioclase feldspar family, a continuous and gradational series of minerals. D. None of these choices are correct.