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ICC Soils Exam Questions with Correct A The strength of a soil, or the ability to compact a soil into a suitable construction material will depend on? - Answer-Soil type Soil density The amount of water in the soil Types of soils - Answer-Gravel (mm to cm's in size) Sand (mm in size) Silt (fine particles with little cohesion) Clay (has cohesion, can stick together) Organic soils (peat, topsoil) Organic soils (O) - Answer-Have a large componet of dead or decaying plants, and are not us...

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Continental Ice Sheets - Glaciers formed in non-mountainous areas of continents Only 2 exist today: Greenland and Antarctica Ice Shelfs: Where they meet the sea Vary in thickness from hundreds of feet to two miles deep Crustal Depression - Enormous weight of ice sheets Isostatic adjustment, crust is rebounding where glacial ice existed Response to weight loss Depositional Glacial Landforms - All debris in the ice is eventually brought to the ablation zone and deposited Modes: Directed...

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Biology 100 Midterm Questions with Verified Answers **Question:** Are most glaciers currently retreating? **Answer:** Yes, the majority of glaciers are retreating. **Question:** What types of observations can you have? **Answer:** Observations can be either simple or complex. **Question:** When do insect wings become smaller? **Answer:** Insect wings shrink at higher altitudes and lower temperatures. **Question:** What is a notable characteristic of flies? **Answer:** Flies ar...

Environmental Science Exam 1 PASSED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers If current trends continue, climate models indicate that by 2100 global mean temperature will probably increase by 2 to 6 degrees Celsius compared to today's temperatures. This would result in decreases in A. Severe droughts B. Heat waves C. Storm intensity D. Flooding E. Glaciers and snowfields - CORRECT ANSWER- Glaciers and snowfields

The mass of ice that flows under its own weight and forms when snowfall exceeds snow melt over long periods of time. Occupies ~11% of Earth's land area today. - Glacier 1. Powerful agent of geomorphic change. 2. Source of freshwater - ~77% of all freshwater are locked in glaciers. 3. Release nutrients locked up in rocks. 4. Contributes to change in sea level. - Environmental significance of glaciers Related to water volume and ice volume. - Eustatic sea-level Related to land 'posit...

Geology Final Exam Questions And Answers Which of the following is accurate about Louis Agassiz? A. He offered ideas that explain the timing of ice-age events but not the severity of temperature change associated with ice ages. B. He stated that there are changes in the amount and distribution of insolation received on the Earth. C. He stated that there are cyclical changes in the Earth's orbit and axial tilt. D. He stated that the presence of erratics in Europe was due to large continen...

GEOG 203 Final UPDATED Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers Glaciers - CORRECT ANSWER- Glaciers play a huge role in shaping the landscape. They are the most effective erosional agent on the Earth. Glacial Erosion - CORRECT ANSWER- A mechanical action performed by glaciers. Erosion - CORRECT ANSWER- Removal and subsequent transport and deposition of sediments across the landscape.