List and describe the three common processes that cause rocks to experience increasing temperature after they form
What will be an ideal response?
Rock or sediments must achieve a depth sufficient to be impacted by the geothermal gradient by 1) sediment burial in a subsiding basin; 2) faulting of one block of crust over another, (3) magma intrusion which transfers heat to the rock also increases temperature.
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A) stoma. B) chlorophyll. C) sporangia. D) chloroplasts. E) guard cells.
As a golf ball falls after rolling off the edge of a table, its vertical component of motion
A. remains constant. B. increases. C. cannot be analyzed. D. decreases.
Progesterone, which is present in humans as a single stereoisomer, has six stereocenters. Human progesterone is one of how many possible stereoisomers for this structure?
A) 6 B) 32 C) 64 D) 128
Which of the following pairs of liquids are miscible in all proportions?
A) ethanol and water B) ethanol and oil C) gasoline and water D) none of these