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Strain - correct answer An alteration in the shape or volume of a soil related to stress. It is calculated as the ratio of the new shape compared to the original shape Effective Stress - correct answer The total amount of stress placed on a soil minus the pore-water pressure Normal Stress - correct answer The component of total stress that acts perpendicular to the plane. Shear stress - correct answer The component of total stress that acts parallel to any point in question. Dila...

ASBOG Fundamentals of Geology Exam Spring Review Questions And Answers NOTE: These are terminologies/facts/ideas (anything that might be useful to know for the FG ASBOG exam). I'm pulling these cards from textbooks that are listed as study material on the ASBOG website. The first cards 77 cards are from the first 100 pages of the Physical Geology textbook, and many are copied and pasted in directly. Up to card 96 is from page 149 in the textbook What is Geology? - ANS-In its broade...

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ASBOG Exam Practice Test Questions With Correct Answers 2024 A rock described as arkosic - ANS-is sandstone containing > 25% feldspar If the scale of a map is 1:24000 what does 1 in on a map represent - ANS-2,000 ft In a region eroded by glaciers, what are bow shaped depressions at the head of a glacial valley? - ANS- Cirques Which two-letter symbol is commonly used for a fat clay? - ANS-CH For a dip-slip fault, what is the area above the fault plane known as? - ANS-Hanging wall Which ...

A growth fault is similar to a ________________, except that it ________________. - correct answer normal fault; occurs simultaneously with the deposition of sedimentary rock Growth faults are typical in areas characterized by ________________ such as in ________________ or any other region in which ________________. - correct answer ongoing sedimentation; river deltas; the Earth's crust is sinking at a fast pace Detachment faults are ________________ typically with displacement in th...

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What does it mean when you have topographic contours on a 1:24,000 scale base map that are roughly circular and have hachures on the counters? - correct answer They represent a closed depression You have a base map at a scale of 1:6,000 and you need to represent the information you obtained during a field investigation of a site that is one square mile, that included mapping of your site as well as subsurface exploration results. What do you need to do to the map to make it work? - correct...

Which geologic law explains the relative ages of rocks with respect to one another in a map or cross section? - correct answer Principle of Initial Horizontality Law of Superposition Law of Cross-cutting Relationship Surface exposure, in a temperate environment, of aluminum silicate minerals such as feldspar would result in the development of which of the following clay minerals? - correct answer Montmorillonite What geologic condition would produce slow drainage within the cone of d...

ASBOG questions and answers already passed 2023/2024basalt - correct answer what is the most widely distributed volcanic rock? gabbro - correct answer what is the most common intrusive rock? feldspar - correct answer what is the most widespread mineral? shale - correct answer what is the most common sedimentary rock? arthropods - correct answer what is the largest animal phylum? 7 - correct answer how many major tectonic plates are there? coal-fired power plan...

The assemblage of albite, chlorite, actinolite, and calcite would be most characteristic of - correct answer greenschist facies The assemblage of hornblende + plagioclase would most likely be - correct answer amphiboite facies In carbonates wollastonite + anorthite + diopside would most likely be - correct answer sanidinite facies The formula K(AlSi3O8) is for what mineral - correct answer sanidine What are some common associative minerals with sanidine - correct answer Qua...