UCA Earth Systems
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UCA Earth Systems Science Final (Flatley) Questions &
Answers Latest Update.
Moving from the earth's crust towards the earth's core, temperature _____________
and pressure _______________. - ✔✔✔-increases; increases
Large crystal size is associated with what type of rock? - ✔✔✔-Intrusive igneous
Rocks found within the core of a mountain range formed along a continental-
continental convergent plate boundary are likely to be: - ✔✔✔-Metamorphic
processes associated with a mid-ocean ridge - ✔✔✔-Mantle convection
Plate divergence
Crustal formation
When oceanic crust collides with continental crust: - ✔✔✔-the oceanic crust is
subducted under the continental crust.
Explosive volcanic eruptions that eject large quantities of pyroclastic materials are
associated with what type of high silica content, highly viscous magma? - ✔✔✔-
Felsic
Anticlines and Synclines are the product of what type of tectonic force? - ✔✔✔-
Compressional force
forms of physical weathering - ✔✔✔-Frost wedging
Pressure release jointing
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Salt wedging
forms of chemical weathering - ✔✔✔-oxidation, hydrolysis, and acid rain
Chemical weathering occurs most rapidly under what climatic conditions? - ✔✔✔-
Wet and warm
The deep red color of soils in the southeast coastal plain of the US and humid
tropical climates is the result of what process? - ✔✔✔-Oxidation
important factors contributing to the destruction of the recent California wildfires:
- ✔✔✔--housing development in LA hills
-high temperatures and a lack of rain
-government policy of putting out all fires during the last 100 years
-strong, off shore winds coming from high pressure points in the interior of the
continent
Why don't desert biomes experience wildfires? - ✔✔✔-they lack the appropriate
amount of fuel needed to maintain a fire (plants)
What type of rock would you expect to find at a location that was a river delta
many millions of years ago? - ✔✔✔-sedimentary
Abrasion - ✔✔✔-stream erosional process leading to the rounding of stones
transported in stream channels
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Science
,UCA Earth Systems Science
UCA Earth Systems Science Final (Flatley) Questions &
Answers Latest Update.
Moving from the earth's crust towards the earth's core, temperature _____________
and pressure _______________. - ✔✔✔-increases; increases
Large crystal size is associated with what type of rock? - ✔✔✔-Intrusive igneous
Rocks found within the core of a mountain range formed along a continental-
continental convergent plate boundary are likely to be: - ✔✔✔-Metamorphic
processes associated with a mid-ocean ridge - ✔✔✔-Mantle convection
Plate divergence
Crustal formation
When oceanic crust collides with continental crust: - ✔✔✔-the oceanic crust is
subducted under the continental crust.
Explosive volcanic eruptions that eject large quantities of pyroclastic materials are
associated with what type of high silica content, highly viscous magma? - ✔✔✔-
Felsic
Anticlines and Synclines are the product of what type of tectonic force? - ✔✔✔-
Compressional force
forms of physical weathering - ✔✔✔-Frost wedging
Pressure release jointing
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, UCA Earth Systems Science
Salt wedging
forms of chemical weathering - ✔✔✔-oxidation, hydrolysis, and acid rain
Chemical weathering occurs most rapidly under what climatic conditions? - ✔✔✔-
Wet and warm
The deep red color of soils in the southeast coastal plain of the US and humid
tropical climates is the result of what process? - ✔✔✔-Oxidation
important factors contributing to the destruction of the recent California wildfires:
- ✔✔✔--housing development in LA hills
-high temperatures and a lack of rain
-government policy of putting out all fires during the last 100 years
-strong, off shore winds coming from high pressure points in the interior of the
continent
Why don't desert biomes experience wildfires? - ✔✔✔-they lack the appropriate
amount of fuel needed to maintain a fire (plants)
What type of rock would you expect to find at a location that was a river delta
many millions of years ago? - ✔✔✔-sedimentary
Abrasion - ✔✔✔-stream erosional process leading to the rounding of stones
transported in stream channels
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