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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

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.

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 best explains how natural gas deposits formed

Pressure from sediment turned decaying plankton at the bottom of the ocean into natural gas.

Which of the following is true of passive continental margins

they have a continental rise

What do geologists think happened in the last ice age

Sea levels rose over 300 feet

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 is not an environmental consequence of nuclear energy

Greenhouse gases

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