UCA Earth Systems Science Final Flatley | Questions And
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Moving from the earth's crust towards the earth's core, temperature _____________ and pressure
_______________. ANS increases; increases
Large crystal size is associated with what type of rock? ANS Intrusive igneous
Rocks found within the core of a mountain range formed along a continental-continental convergent plate
boundary are likely to be: ANS Metamorphic
processes associated with a mid-ocean ridge ANS Mantle convection
Plate divergence
Crustal formation
When oceanic crust collides with continental crust: ANS 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? ANS Felsic
Anticlines and Synclines are the product of what type of tectonic force? ANS Compressional force
forms of physical weathering ANS Frost wedging
Pressure release jointing
Salt wedging
forms of chemical weathering ANS oxidation, hydrolysis, and acid rain
Chemical weathering occurs most rapidly under what climatic conditions? ANS 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? ANS Oxidation
important factors contributing to the destruction of the recent California wildfires: ANS -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? ANS 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?
ANS sedimentary
Abraision ANS stream erosional process leading to the rounding of stones transported in stream channels
The portion of the Amazon River that flows across a broad floodplain of easily eroded fine sediment likely
exhibits what channel morphology? ANS meandering
The Hawaiin island chain is an example of what process? ANS hot spot
fluvial landforms is associated with lower stream velocity and deposition of sediment ANS point bar
Sedimentary rocks are formed when _______________ rock is weathered, eroded, transported, deposited, and
then lithified (compacted and hardened) to form sedimentary rock. ANS any rock, whether it's
sedimentary, metamorphic, or igneous
geomorphology ANS study of landforms and process that shape them- seeks explanations for shape, origin,
spatial distribution, and development of terrain
landforms ANS surface terrain features such as mountains, valleys, plains, plateaus, canyons, bays,
peninsulas, seas
Answers | Updated Study Solutions
Moving from the earth's crust towards the earth's core, temperature _____________ and pressure
_______________. ANS increases; increases
Large crystal size is associated with what type of rock? ANS Intrusive igneous
Rocks found within the core of a mountain range formed along a continental-continental convergent plate
boundary are likely to be: ANS Metamorphic
processes associated with a mid-ocean ridge ANS Mantle convection
Plate divergence
Crustal formation
When oceanic crust collides with continental crust: ANS 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? ANS Felsic
Anticlines and Synclines are the product of what type of tectonic force? ANS Compressional force
forms of physical weathering ANS Frost wedging
Pressure release jointing
Salt wedging
forms of chemical weathering ANS oxidation, hydrolysis, and acid rain
Chemical weathering occurs most rapidly under what climatic conditions? ANS 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? ANS Oxidation
important factors contributing to the destruction of the recent California wildfires: ANS -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? ANS 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?
ANS sedimentary
Abraision ANS stream erosional process leading to the rounding of stones transported in stream channels
The portion of the Amazon River that flows across a broad floodplain of easily eroded fine sediment likely
exhibits what channel morphology? ANS meandering
The Hawaiin island chain is an example of what process? ANS hot spot
fluvial landforms is associated with lower stream velocity and deposition of sediment ANS point bar
Sedimentary rocks are formed when _______________ rock is weathered, eroded, transported, deposited, and
then lithified (compacted and hardened) to form sedimentary rock. ANS any rock, whether it's
sedimentary, metamorphic, or igneous
geomorphology ANS study of landforms and process that shape them- seeks explanations for shape, origin,
spatial distribution, and development of terrain
landforms ANS surface terrain features such as mountains, valleys, plains, plateaus, canyons, bays,
peninsulas, seas
