If an air parcel is warmer than the air at the specified altitude, then the parcel will continue to rise, because warmer air is less dense and therefore buoyant. This condition best describes ____
a. stability
b. neutrality
c. precipitation
d. instability
d
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a.) clay minerals b.) feldspars c.) quartz d.) calcite
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All of the following are hydrogenous sediments except:
A. manganese nodule. B. stromatolites. C. evaporites. D. halites.
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Almost all geological activity, such as volcanic and earthquake activity, takes place at ________
a. convergent plate boundaries b. divergent plate boundaries c. transform plate boundaries d. all of these choices
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Which is a factor that determines the location of a coast?
A) The distribution of sediments B) The Erosion of land C) The volume of water in the ocean D) The impact of wave energy
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