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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.

Which would be least helpful in reducing indoor pollution

Increasing the house temperature

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!"}.

Which is a pollutant associated with high tech gadgets in landfills

Chromium

How do earths magnetic pole reversals provide evidence for plate tectonics

rocks get older as you move away from ocean ridges

If a 100 g sample of a radioactive element decays to 25 g in 4 days what is the half-life of the element

The half-life of the element is 2 days.

It has decayed to half, i.e 50 g in two days and then to half of that, i.e 25g in two half-lives.

Which of the following is true of passive continental margins

they have a continental rise

What have scientists linked to increased hurricane strength

higher ocean temp in the tropics

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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