What is the process that changes compacted sediment into a rock?

  1. Crystallization
  2. Lithification
  3. Metamorphism
  4. Weathering


Lithification

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The electric field around an isolated electron has a certain strength 1 cm from the electron. The electric field strength 2 cm from the electron is

A) half as much. B) the same. C) twice as much. D) four times as much. E) none of the above

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The word "oceanography" was first coined in association with ____

A) ?Cook's third voyage B) ?the Challenger expedition C) ?the founding of the Library of Alexandria D) ?Captain James Cook's first voyage

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Describe what Garrett Hardin meant by the tragedy of the commons, and give an example.

What will be an ideal response?

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