Explain what is meant by the statement "Every metamorphic rock has a parent rock."
What will be an ideal response?
A metamorphic rock results from the transformation of another rock by a change in heat, pressure, and/or chemically active fluids. The rock that is being changed by these environmental conditions is the "parent rock," or original rock that is undergoing metamorphosis.
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A) Crimea B) Croatia C) Bosnia and Herzegovina D) Macedonia E) Serbia
One important conclusion of Mendel's genetic studies with pea plants is
a. mutation is the only important factor in change. b. genes controlling traits do not blend during inheritance, but are transmitted as discrete entities. c. the traits that an organism inherits are the average of the two alleles. d. if particular traits do not appear in each generation, they are lost from the species. e. once a trait becomes recessive, it is lost to the population forever
A slope whose strength exceeds the combined force of gravity and the denudation process is
A) waxing. B) stable. C) unstable. D) in disequilibrium. E) waning.
How does one obtain ground control points (GCPs) for geometric transformation of a satellite image?
A. GCPs are available in a GIS. B. GCPs are already identified in the satellite image. C. GCPs are selected from the satellite image.