Sediments are classified as:
a. detrital, clastic, and chemical.
b. detrital and clastic.
c. detrital and chemical.
d. particulate and crystalline.
e. organic, particulate, and crystalline.
C
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Rising base level causes erosion, while lowering base level causes deposition.
a. true b. false
Carbon-12 and carbon-14 are isotopes of carbon. These isotopes differ in the number of
A) protons. B) neutrons. C) electrons. D) protons, neutrons, or electrons.
Which of these four numbered features on the surface or in a cave can be formed by the dissolution or collapse of limestone?
A. 1 and 3 B. 1 and 4 C. 1 and 2 D. 2 and 3 E. 3 and 4
The wood thrush makes its nest in woodlands in the northern and eastern United States. As patches of woods become smaller, increasing numbers of wood thrush nests have eggs laid in them by the brown-headed cowbird. Cowbirds live in open fields and are
nest parasites; the female cowbird flies up to an unattended nest, quickly lays an egg in it, and leaves the host parents to raise their "adopted" young. Wood thrushes are decreasing in numbers because ________. A) habitat fragmentation makes it easier for cowbird parasitism to occur B) pollution of the open fields has caused a change in cowbird behavior C) cowbirds are an invasive species that is rapidly increasing D) climate change is reducing nest site availability E) overharvesting in the open fields has driven the cowbirds into the woodlands