How can basalt have layers but not be considered a sedimentary rock?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Basalt is an igneous extrusive rock. It can pour across a surface time after time building up rock layers as it cools. Because these layers did not occur via cementation of sediments they are not sedimentary rocks.
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Which of the following atmospheric conditions is most conducive to the formation of hurricanes?
A. warm air aloft B. weak upper-level winds C. dry surface air D. diverging surface winds at the surface
What is the role of a transfer fault and in what settings do they occur?
What will be an ideal response?
If all other variables were the same, what differences would you expect between a humid and an arid climate in soil formation?
A) The humid climate would have less mineral dissolution from near-surface horizons and a greater accumulation of clay, oxide, and hydroxide. B) The humid climate would have less mineral dissolution from near-surface horizons and less accumulation of clay, oxide, and hydroxide. C) The humid climate would have more mineral dissolution from near-surface horizons and less accumulation of clay, oxide, and hydroxide. D) The humid climate would have more mineral dissolution from near-surface horizons and a greater accumulation of clay, oxide, and hydroxide.
Containing elements of both forests and coastal marshes, the swamplands of extreme southern Louisiana would be an example of ________
A) a superbiome B) an abiotic system C) an ecotone D) a dead zone E) a closed ecosystem