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Which is a metamorphic process

The metamorphic process is the conversion of one mineral into another through heat and pressure over time. The metamorphic process is the conversion of one mineral into another through heat and pressure over time.

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.

The first two steps in the lithification process are

compaction and cementation.

Which feature of sedimentary rock is measured by the Wentworth scale of grain size

Texture

Once rock reaches a depth of about it may melt

50 km

What is a sediment transporting agent

water

What depositional environments is coal formed in

A swamp

Which of the following dod not occur during the Cenozoic era

Several periods of mass extinction

Is the following is an intrusive igneous body Pyroclast Lava Flow Lahar Batholith

Batholith is an intrusive igneous body.

What is an important characteristic of an index fossil apex

It must have lived for a short geologic period of time.

What caused disappearance of land bridges

Shrinking of the polar ice caps

Which of the following is not a metamorphic agent

Force of Hurricane winds

Glacial meltwater

What type of rock can only form below earths surface

Metamorphic

Which of the following is an intrusive ingenues rock

Batholith

Which is not an environmental consequence of nuclear energy

Greenhouse gases

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