Shear stress is a type of confining pressure
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Answer: FALSE
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a - condense b - evaporate c - freeze d - drive chemical reactions e - undergo mechanical weathering
One currently accepted hypothesis for the formation of eukaryotic cells involves
a. co-habitation of daughter colonies. d. photosynthesis. b. endosymbiosis. e. Wilson Cycles. c. orogenesis.
You are hiking in the desert in Namaqualand in South Africa and you notice an area covered
with white sedimentary deposits. You taste the deposits and they taste salty. This is most likely an example of a. an evaporite. d. a pyroclastic rock. b. a metamorphic rock. e. a volcanic rock. c. a detrital sedimentary rock.
Which of the following is the largest lithospheric plates?
A) Eurasian plate B) North American plate C) Pacific plate D) Antarctic plate