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Wind carrying sand grains deposits the sand when the wind

Wind carrying sand grains deposits the sand when the wind slows down or hits an obstacle.

What are some jobs that have to do with weather

Weatherman and scientist (The kind of scientist who studies weather).

Which type of air mass originates in northern Canada

cT

What force causes most of the erosion in desert areas

Running Water

Used to date fossils in rocks to give an approximate age

Radiocarbon Dating.

Radiometric dating does not usually work with sedimentary rocks because they

Form from many older rock particles.

Geologists have divided earths history in the manaeable units that are represented by the

Geologic time scale

An air mass is a large body of air with uniform temperature and

temperature humidity and pressure

Which type of geologic event has to occur to create an angular unconformity

The folding or tilting of rocks, followed by renewed deposition, has to occur to create an angular unconformity.

What are long sand ridges oriented nearly parallel to the prevailing wind called

longitudinal dunes

What kind of weather does a continental tropical air mass bring

Hot and sunny. ;)

What does the radiometric date of metamorphic rock most likely represent

heated during metamorphism

What is a ephemeral stream

One that's formed only from mechanical weathering.

Which item could be dated using radiocarbon dating

A 60,000 year old mammoth bone.

The boundaries of history of eras are marked by great worldwide changes in

The boundaries of history of eras are marked by great worldwide changes in continental coastline

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