The hot spring deposits at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, are travertine. What rock probably lies somewhere beneath the hot springs?
a.) limestone
b.) rhyolite
c.) quartzite
d.) shale
Ans: a.) limestone
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A) HCl is very soluble in water by virtue of the dipole/dipole attractions occurring between the HCl and H2O molecules. B) It is not very soluble because it is a gas, and all gases have very low solubility in water at room temperature. C) HCl is very soluble in water because it is such a small molecule, there is little electrical attraction to other HCl molecules. D) It is not very soluble because as a gas with low density, it floats to the surface of the water and then into the surrounding atmosphere.
During the Late Mesozoic, a body of water called the ____________________ ____________________
____________________ extended from the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic Ocean. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The Mid-Ocean Ridge is a submarine mountain belt that forms along which plate boundary?
a. a convergent continental plate boundary b. a convergent oceanic plate boundary c. a divergent oceanic plate boundary d. a stable oceanic plate boundary
What is the product obtained when a carboxylic acid is reduced?
A) an alkene B) a primary alcohol C) a secondary alcohol D) a ketone