The interaction of physical and chemical processes that change rocks from one type to another type is known as ____.
A. metamorphism
B. the rock cycle
C. petrography
D. consolidation
E. hydrogeology
Answer: B
You might also like to view...
The price of a gallon of unleaded gas in Norway is between $11 and $12 (as of 2012). Since most of the cost is from taxes, what message is the Norwegian government sending?
A. It wants consumers to pay the hidden costs of gasoline. B. It just wants to collect more tax money. C. It wants to ruin its entire economic system. D. It wants its citizens to have a lower quality of life.
How do waves propagate across the water?
A) The wave moves forward, but water moves in a circular motion. B) Water near the surface moves less than water at depth. C) Water within the wave travels as far as the wave does. D) All of these are correct.
Over time, which of the following has happened to Niagara Falls?
a - they have migrated several kilometers upstream b - they have migrated several kilometers downstream c - they have drained away most of Lake Ontario's water d - they have become rapids e - they have evolved into the world's most famous example of stream capture
Compare and contrast the three types of convergent plate boundaries: oceanic-oceanic, continental-continental, and oceanic-continental. Detail the geologic processes occurring at each and identify by location the geologic features that form.
What will be an ideal response?