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Cards in this guide (10)
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.

What do geologists think happened during the last ice age

Sea levels dropped 300 feet.

A land bridge connected Siberia and Alaska

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 of the following describes the exponential growth of a species

The rate of population increase stays constant.

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!"}.

Which of the following is true of passive continental margins

they have a continental rise

What is a text feature that could add visual interest and clarity to a procedural document

Section headings

checklist

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.

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