Geological processes Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Rule of capture - Permits owner of a well to pump as much water as desired, even if water is drained from beneath the land of others when treating surface water, the process of coagulation will be affected by - all of the above a public water system is responsible for providing - all of the above a common type of oxidant that is used at most surface water treatment plants to kill bacteria and to prevent trihalomethane formation is - combined chlorine Which of the following is a requi...

Diaphragm Part of the compound microscope used to regulate the amount of light being transmitted through the specimen on the slide. 1 milligram 1 x 10 -3 grams Kepler His greatest contribution to science was that he described the orbits of the planets as ellipses. Newton Used the 3 laws of planetary motion to establish universal gravitation. Mendel's Law of Independent assortment In a dihybrid cross, alleles for different traits separate and are inherited independently of each other...

GEL1503 SUMMARY STUDY NOTES GEL1503 - Environmental Geology The planet Earth, which we study in Geology today, came into existence in some manner together with other planets and stars and has developed into its current composition and structure. However, the limitations of science have thus far only allowed us to form hypotheses (conjectures) about the originating processes of the universe. • After reading chapter 1 in UE-6, which is about the origin of our system of planets, you shou...

rock Naturally occurring solid mixture of 1 or more minerals and organic matter. rock cycle series of process in which rock forms changes is destroyed and reforms by geological processes erosion process by which wind water ice or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another Deposition the process in which eroded material is laid down composition chemical make-up of a rock texture quality of a rock based on the size, shape and position...

Meteoroids correct answers Small bodies of debris from space which move into Earth's atmosphere and can then turn into meteors Maritime Polar Air Mass (mP) correct answers A cold, moist air mass that formed over polar oceans Hot Spring correct answers A geological feature produced when water is heated by geothermal activity and pushed to Earth's surface Nutrients correct answers Substances in food and beverages that nourish the living things. They support growth, produce energy, and m...

Carbon Cycle -Answer Largest Carbon Store = Lithosphere/ Sedimentary (100,000,000 PgC) Largest yearly flux = Photosynthesis (103 PgC from Atmosphere 560 to Biosphere 2,060) Smallest Carbon Store = Atmosphere/ Plants (both 560 PgC) Smallest yearly flux = Sedimentation/ fossilisation (0.2 PgC from Deep Oceans 38,000 to Fossil Fuels 4,000) Geological carbon formation -Answer 1. Coal = duration and heat intensity influences %C 2. Limestone = compaction/cementing of shells 3. Crude Oil =...

EAPS 100 Final, Exam Review Questions and answers. VERIFIED/ Broad, flat areas of the seafloor adjacent to mid-ocean ridges are called ____________ and reflect subsidence of oceanic crust as it moves away from the mid ocean ridge, cools, and becomes more dense. Abyssal Plains What bathymetric (underwater topographic) feature is associated with subduction zones? A deep sea trench Ocean waves can be generated by all of the following processes except which one? Underwater earthquakes *...

What did Aristotle believe? correct answer: Species were fixed creations arranged by their complexity Who contributed to Darwin's thinking? correct answer: •Charles Lyell •Thomas Malthus •George Cuvier •James Hutton •John Baptiste Lamarck •Alfred Russell Wallace Charles Lyell correct answer: Uniformitarism (geologic processed still change earth) Principles of Geology correct answer: •published by Lyell just before Beagle set sail and read by Darwin •explained...

What is paleontology? -Paleontology is the study of the history of life and its meaning. It is a four-dimensional science (three spatial dimensions plus time) -Paleontology is an eclectic field that draws on many other disciplines, including, but not limited to geology, developmental biology, physics, and chemistry -Paleontologists focus on extinct organisms but we also study extant (present day) ones too What are fossils? -Fossils are preserved remains of organisms from the remote pa...

Drainage Basin - correct answerAn area of land drained by a river and its tributaries Vertical Erosion - correct answerA geological process by hydraulic action that deepens the channel of a stream or valley by removing material from the stream's bed or the valley's floor Deposition - correct answerThe geological process in which sediments, soil and rocks are added to a landform or land mass Bed Load - correct answerDescribes particles in a flowing fluid that are transported along the ...