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Which best explains how coal deposits formed

Coal is a fossil fuel that formed through the transformation of organic plant matter. It is primarily used as a heat source to generate electricity.

Which is the best description of a strike-slip fault

A fault that forms at a transform boundary

Which of the following is NOT a sedimentary structure Ripple marks Magma emplacement Mud cracks or Cross beds

Magma emplacements or Batholith are not sedimentary structures.

What do geologists think happened during the last ice age

Sea levels dropped 300 feet.

A land bridge connected Siberia and Alaska

Which would be least helpful in reducing indoor pollution

Increasing the house temperature

What happened at the end of the Mesozoic era but did not happen at the end of the Paleozoic era

There were major asteroid impacts.

Which gas did volcanoes not produce in the Precambrian era

Oxygen

At which location is dynamic metamorphism most likely to occur

Transform boundary

Having a weakness along a specific plane will allow a mineral to

cleave

Which type of power production produces the least amount of greenhouse gases

Nuclear.

Good News: A Fusion Reactor will be operational in 2016; on the other hand it will not be commercially available until 2045. {Song: "Take Care Brother, Beware!"}.

If a population grows by 3 percent each year the growth of the population is

exponential

Which is a pollutant associated with high tech gadgets in landfills

Chromium

Which of the following is true of passive continental margins

they have a continental rise

What feature is the result of a glacier carving out rock as it moves

The feature that is the result of a glacier carving out rock as it moves is a roche moutonnees. It is a rock formation created by the passage of glacier ice.

Or a terminal moraine

Cementation is a part of what process

lithfication

Which ofthe following is a reason the human population is growing exponentially
What have scientists linked to increased hurricane strength

higher ocean temp in the tropics

What measurement gives the most accurate number of population in an area

The electoral roll (or voting register).

What feature is the result of glacier carving out rock as it moves

The feature that is the result of a glacier carving out rock as it moves is a roche moutonnees. It is a rock formation created by the passage of glacier ice.

Or a terminal moraine

What happens at a convergent boundary

A convergent plate boundary is a location where two tectonic plates are moving toward each other, often causing one plate to slide below the others.

Which statement best illustrates Crusoe's reasons for teaching Friday about his religion

He believes that his religion is superior to Friday's religion.----APEX

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