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Well A is drilled down to an elevation of 200m above sea level and has a water column of 50m high. Well B is 2.5km away and is drilled to an elevation of 220m. The pressure at the bottom of well be is approximately 100kPa. The hydraulic gradient between Well A and Well B is: Question options:...

when did pangea break up ~ during the triassic period the atlantic began to open during which period ~ the jurassic, polar ice caps had completely melted at this point the T rex is from what period ~ the cretaceous small mammals developed in what period ~ the cretaceous the cretaceous-tertia...

Where is the world's second largest continental ice sheet? A) Greenland B) Siberian Russia C) Antarctica D) Iceland ~ A- Greenland has the world's second largest continental ice sheet what is an esker made of ~ sand and gravel Compared to earlier or subsequent streams in the same v...

Tsar bomb ~ Largest fusion bomb (3500x Hiroshima) Solar flare ~ Eruption of charged particles caused by Sun's magnetic field due to rotation of material and energy inside Sun Solar cycles ~ Every however many years there are solar highs were there is more stuff happening, e.g. you can see ...

Asteroid ~ Any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter) Jupiter ~ Planet -Gas giant -Strong magnetic field -Counter rotating layers in atmosphere -Mantle composed of metallic hydrogen -69 moons lo...

what isn't known about saturn ~ no one knows how long a day on saturn is what is necessary to be considered a planet ~ 1. a planet orbits the sun directly 2. a planet is large enough to have formed a spherical shape 3. a planet has cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit (this omits pluto a...

what does electrical resistivity surveying depend on ~ amount of groundwater and ions, dry rock has no conductance, this means that this method is good to track contaminants what does ground penetrating radar do ~ it uses electromagnetic energy to find boundaries of strata, the boundaries of st...

porosity ~ The Volume of Void Space Divided by the Total Volume permeability ~ The ability of fluid to flow through a porous solid Rotary or Percussion Drilling ~ Drill through soil or rock, grinding material to sand seismology ~ The study of earthquake waves seismographs ~ Instruments that...

tunnel failure ~ - squeezing (ductile) - spalling (brittle - with structure (complex) riks: - rockburst -overstress in sedimentary rocks road header ~ tunneling method - weak rock excavation drill and blast ~ tunnel method - explosives and detonators shielded TBM ~ erects liner within s...

biofuel ~ - Ethanol produces CO2 when its burned - Switch grass is considered carbon negative (absorbs CO2 as it grows) - It is essential that non-food crops are used in ethanol production - Recent advances indicate that algae may be used as a source renewables ~ - A wide variety of renewable ...

2 types of Lustre ~ 1. metallic 2. non-metallic Basic 3D mineral form ~ tetrahedron Softest, hardest mineral according to mohs scale of relative hardness ~ talc, diamond Conchoidal fracture ~ smooth curved surface 3 components of magma: ~ 1. melt 2. solids 3. volatiles Geothermal gradi...

example of magnetism in minerals ~ magnetite example of reaction to acid in minerals ~ calcite what are other properties of minerals ~ malleability, elasticity, striations What is the most common mineral group ~ the silicates examples of silicate minerals ~ olivine, augite, hornblende, biot...

Primary porosity ~ - originally formed with the material, voids in sediment Secondary porosity ~ developed after rock formation; fracturing, faulting, dissolution (fractures in granite, caverns in limestone) Factors influencing the storage and movement of groundwater ~ - Aquitard: An impermea...

what is the average movement of a plate in a year ~ 2-5 cm what are the major boundary types ~ diverging, transform, and converging what are transform boundaires ~ where plates slide past one another without creating or consuming crust, example: San Andreas Fault what are divergent boundarei...

why so many earthquakes in the Caribbean? ~ there are a lot of plate boundaries destruction from vibration ~ softer ground amplifies shaking destruction varies based on nature of the ground Mercalli intensity scale ~ describes how we feel an earthquake goes up to 12 building protection from e...

Space probes launched by NASA to explore the outer solar system ~ Voyager 1 and 2 Presence of sustained hotspots without tectonic plate movement ~ What allows volcanoes on Mars to reach extreme heights? Titan and Europa ~ Where are the most likely candidates for hosts of current life on Earth? ...

Jupiter ~ largest planet gas giant strong magnetic field counter rotating layers in the atmosphere mantle composed of metallic hydrogen Has 79 orbiting moons Saturn ~ second-largest and sixth planet from the Sun; has a complex ring system, at least 31 moons, and a thick atmosphere made mo...

nant de brance project ~ in switzerland they are storing nuclear power by water cells snowy river 2 scheme ~ in australia they have created a water cell battery 700m high decarbonization ~ making energy more efficient, using non carbon based power, electrificiaton ~ change fuel to be more ele...

The purpose of heavy water (deuterium) in the Canadian Reactor System is Question 9 options: A) To slow neutrons in order to create a controlled fission reaction B) To bind with the plutonium byproducts so that they can be drawn off during operation C) To cool the radioactive fuel rods ...

hazard identification ~ the recognition that a hazard exists and the definition of its characteristics failure ~ termination or degradation of an item to perform its required function (event) failure mode ~ one mechanism by which an item can fail to perform its function what are the steps in a...

One of the following is not a common failure modes of poorly constructed earth dams: Question 9 options: A) Foundation Failure B) Overturning C) Piping D) Overtopping ~ B Clay is a good engineering material for ____________, but very poor for ____________. Question 10 options: A...

ore deposit ~ -a "mineral" deposit that can be "mined" profitably velocity of p waves ~ vp = sqrt((k + 4/3m)/ p) -directly proportional to the elasticity -inversely proportional to density Solutions for population decline ~ 1) immigration 2) raise retirement age 3) encourage women to ha...

Slate(Metamorphic) ~ -low-grade metamorphism -fine gained - originally mudrocks, and volcanic ash Phyllite (Metamorphic) ~ -glassy sheen an wavy texture -more temp and pressure than slate -Composed mainly of fine crystals of muscovite and chlorite Schist(Metamorphic) ~ -Medium to coarse gra...