What type of foliation results from the parallel alignment of abundant, coarse-grained, mica flakes in a metamorphic rock?
A. Phyllitic structure
B. Schistosity
C. Slaty cleavage
D. Gneissic banding
Answer: B. Schistosity
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A) abandoning urban industrial areas as workers left for better jobs. B) increasing severity of acid rain in large industrial areas. C) increased reliance on domestic industry and the decline of imports. D) federal funding that favored northern U.S. industrial areas over southern areas.
Adherents of which religion have controlled the Holy Land for most of the past 1,500 years?
A) Sikhism B) Judaism C) Hinduism D) Islam E) Christianity
The largest practical potential source of fresh water in North America is
A) groundwater. B) ice sheets and glaciers. C) stream discharge. D) soil moisture.
A tombolo cuts off a portion of the ocean along a coast, forming a lagoon
Indicate whether the statement is true or false