Cards in this guide (15)
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
What force causes most of the erosion in desert areas
Used to date fossils in rocks to give an approximate age
Radiometric dating does not usually work with sedimentary rocks because they
Form from many older rock particles.
What defines atmosphere
Atmosphere is the transparent gaseous envelope that surrounds
the earth. Other than earth there are two more planets that possess
atmosphere Venus and Mars.
Geologists have divided earths history in the manaeable units that are represented by the
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
What kind of weather does a continental tropical air mass bring
What does the radiometric date of metamorphic rock most likely represent
heated during metamorphism
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