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. 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
The small pores on the surfaces of plant leaves through which gases move into and out of are known as
A) stoma. B) chlorophyll. C) sporangia. D) chloroplasts. E) guard cells.