List three major energy resources that are derived from sedimentary rocks

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Oil, coal, natural gas, and/or uranium

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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.

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Which continent likely represents the largest absolute land area experiencing degradation?

a. Europe b. North America c. Asia d. South America e. Africa

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________ ________ attempts to explain and predict geographic decisions that result from aggregates of individual decisions, such as those that underlie the locations of companies and households

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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The slow melting of blocks of stagnant ice in the land surface is the cause of ________.

A) cirques B) kettle holes C) eskers D) roche moutonnees E) ground moraines

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