Products of weathering - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

_____ air "carries" more water vapor than cold air. - Warm _____ and every sleeping room should have at least one emergency exit. - Basements _____ describes a grouping of short studs commonly found over (or sometimes below) openings, such as for windows and doors, where a full-length stud could not fit. - cripples _____ is the incline of the roof expressed as a fraction derived by dividing the rise by the entire span, where the roof span is the distance between the outside of one wall's...

mineral - correct answer 1. naturally occurring 2. inorganic 3. solid at room temp 4. regular crystal structure 5. defined chemical composition - there are exceptions - different in geology vs. nutrition label/pharmaceutical products rock - correct answer substance that contains one or more minerals or mineraloids Three types of rocks composed of minerals: - igneous (rock crystallizing from molten material) - sedimentary (rocks composed of products of mechanical weathering and chem...

ubiquitous  meaning everywhere What are the profound impacts that bacteria has on the earth?  Temperature, weathering, mineral extraction, soil formation Alexander Michaud  separated hailstones by diameters and examined the layers as they melted Pseudomonas syringae  - species of bacteria that implicates an infection in plants and cause postharvest rots - also was found in the layers of the hailstones J Craig Venter  Came up with the Human Genome Project that's plan w...

DT A-level Exam Questions Correctly Solved. Thermoplastic - CORRECT ANSWER Can be molded or formed when heated Thermoset - CORRECT ANSWER having the property of becoming permanently hard and rigid when heated or cured LDPE - CORRECT ANSWER Low density, low stiffness, good chemical resistance Detergent bottles, toys and carrier bags Acrylic - CORRECT ANSWER Tough, hard, durable, easily machined. used in light units, car light lenses, illuminated signs HDPE - CORRECT ANSWER Good...

Mineral - correct answer A naturally occuring inorganic solid with an orderded inorganic solid and a defiite chemical composition. Fracture - correct answer Absence of cleavage when a mineral is broken Foliation - correct answer any planar arrangement of mineral grains or structural features mineral grains or structural features within a rock What comprises flint, chert, and ja...

Water - A major agent of geomorphic change on the Earth's surface 97 - Percentage of water on Earth that is saltwater 3 - Percentage of water on Earth that is freshwater 77 - Percentage of freshwater that is found in ice and glaciers 22 - Percentage of freshwater that is found as groundwater 1 - Percentage of freshwater that is found in freshwater lakes Fluvial System - "running water"; permanent watercourse or temporary; causes erosion and transport of weathered material Degradation...

AQA A LEVEL CHEMISTRY ORGANIC AND PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY PAPER 2 QP 2020 rate of a chemical reaction - ANS how fast the reactants are changed into products slow reactions - ANS rusting of iron chemical weathering fast reactions - ANS burning explosions rate of reaction graphs - ANS steeper line = faster rate flat = reaction finished higher line = more reactants and products collision theory in rate of reaction - ANS 1. collision frequency of reacting particles more...

The subject of this course is _______. A) Environmental Science B) Horticulture and Landscaping C) Advanced Biometrics D) Astrobiology - correct answerA) Environmental Science Which harmful substance was once commonly used as insulation? A) Lead B) Mercury C) Asbestos D) Radon - correct answerC) Asbestos The primary use of petroleum products is for: A) gasoline for transportation B) production of petrochemicals needed for industry C) production of plastics D) extraction of tar...