MSCI 112 INTRO TO MARINE/EARTH GEO UNIT TWO
QUESTIONS VERIFIED ANSWERS
what is the most common natural acid on Earths surface? - Answers - Carbonic Acid
What is a disconformity? - Answers - erosional surface between horizontallayers of
sedimentary rock
What radioctive isotope is the most useful for dating very young wood or charcol -
Answers - Carbon-14
Which tide is the largest in the month? - Answers - spring
what climate type is physical weathering most rapid - Answers - cold and humid
what type of force causes a reverse fault? - Answers - compressive
what law states that undisturbed sedimentary layers get progessively younger from
bottom to top? - Answers - The principal of superposition
How long did the proterozoic eon last - Answers - approx. 2 billion years
what tectonic force leads to strike slip faulting? - Answers - shear
what tectonic force leads to reverse faulting? - Answers - compressional
what type of force leads to normal faulting? - Answers - tension
what does "wave base" refer to? - Answers - the maximum depth where wave affects
motion of water molecule
what are factors included in frost wedging? - Answers - 1) cracks in rocks
2) available water
3) temp fluctuation around the frozen point of water
where do rift basins occur? - Answers - continental rift
what refers to the proportion of sedimentary rock occupied by air and /or water? -
Answers - porosity
the geological timescale spanning the longest duration is? - Answers - eon
What is the age of the Earth? - Answers - 4.6 billion years
QUESTIONS VERIFIED ANSWERS
what is the most common natural acid on Earths surface? - Answers - Carbonic Acid
What is a disconformity? - Answers - erosional surface between horizontallayers of
sedimentary rock
What radioctive isotope is the most useful for dating very young wood or charcol -
Answers - Carbon-14
Which tide is the largest in the month? - Answers - spring
what climate type is physical weathering most rapid - Answers - cold and humid
what type of force causes a reverse fault? - Answers - compressive
what law states that undisturbed sedimentary layers get progessively younger from
bottom to top? - Answers - The principal of superposition
How long did the proterozoic eon last - Answers - approx. 2 billion years
what tectonic force leads to strike slip faulting? - Answers - shear
what tectonic force leads to reverse faulting? - Answers - compressional
what type of force leads to normal faulting? - Answers - tension
what does "wave base" refer to? - Answers - the maximum depth where wave affects
motion of water molecule
what are factors included in frost wedging? - Answers - 1) cracks in rocks
2) available water
3) temp fluctuation around the frozen point of water
where do rift basins occur? - Answers - continental rift
what refers to the proportion of sedimentary rock occupied by air and /or water? -
Answers - porosity
the geological timescale spanning the longest duration is? - Answers - eon
What is the age of the Earth? - Answers - 4.6 billion years
