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Aquifers Questions Correctly Answered 2024. Clays are the most stable minerals on earth surface - correct answer True what are some controls on chemical weathering? - correct answer particle size, presence of plants, and rock composition Carbonates are especially susceptible to physical weathering. - correct answer False (chemical) What is an aquifer? - correct answer Highly permeable rock or regolith that is economically useful as a source of water. What is a confined aquifer? - co...

Hopkins GEOG 1111 Final (Unit 5) EXAM Questions With 100% Correct Answers soil - answerthe fine material covering the Earth's surface composed of both mineral & organic material; dirt vs. soil - answerdirt is soil without the organic material weathering - answerprovides the raw (parent) materials for soil formation and development The processes by which rocks are chemically altered or physically broken into fragments as a result of exposure to atmospheric agents and the pressures & tempe...

Geology Exam #4 Questions With Answers Mass wasting the downslope movement of rock, regolith, snow, or ice due to the pull of gravity Landslide a sudden movement of rock and debris down a nonvertical slope Soil creep the very slow, gradual movement of regolith downslope → driven by expansion and contraction cycles (freeze-thaw and wetting-drying) Failure surface A weak surface that forms the base of a landslide. Slump A semi-coherent volume of regolith that slipped do...

9.1. In Wikipedia, look up "Asteroid", scroll down to "Size distribution" and answer this question: What is the size range of asteroids? - c. 1-1,000 km 9.2. In Wikipedia, look up "Regolith" and answer this question: What is regolith? - c. A blanket of unconsolidated, loose deposits covering solid rock. 9.3. In Wikipedia, look up "Asteroid", scroll down to "Distribution within the Solar System", and answer this question: Where are asteroids located? - a. The asteroid belt b. Co-o...

SCSC 301 TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Which horizon is not part of the soil solum? - ANSWER- C Organic matter in soil typically accounts for ____% or less of the soils total volume. - ANSWER- 5% Pore space in soil may contain either _____ or _____ - ANSWER- Air Water Soils are the result of ______ and biota acting on parent material over time as modified by ______ - ANSWER- Climate Topography Though plants depend on soil for growth, which of the items below is found in soil, but not ...

SCSC EXAM ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) | ALREADY GRADED A+ Five soil forming factors active factors - ANSWER- -climate -biological activity Five soil forming factors passive factor - ANSWER- -parent material -time Five soil forming factors modifying factor - ANSWER- -topography (relief) relief - ANSWER- topography 6 key roles of soil - ANSWER- - medium for plant growth (nutrients, support, water, O2) - system for water supp...

GEG 111 EXAMS 2 24/25 | HARPER COLLEGE | LATEST ACTUAL EXAM 120 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+. Which of the following is an exogenic process? -Correct Answer: Weathering Which of the following is an endogenic process? -Correct Answer: Volcanism Uniformitarianism assumes that mountains, plains, and canyons formed by -Correct Answer: the same physical processes we see today are a key to understanding the processes that have been operating throughout geol...

SCSC 301 TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Which horizon is not part of the soil solum? - ANSWER- C Organic matter in soil typically accounts for ____% or less of the soils total volume. - ANSWER- 5% Pore space in soil may contain either _____ or _____ - ANSWER- Air Water Soils are the result of ______ and biota acting on parent material over time as modified by ______ - ANSWER- Climate Topography Though plants depend on soil for growth, which of the items below is found in soil, but not ...

SCSC 301 TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Which horizon is not part of the soil solum? - ANSWER- C Organic matter in soil typically accounts for ____% or less of the soils total volume. - ANSWER- 5% Pore space in soil may contain either _____ or _____ - ANSWER- Air Water Soils are the result of ______ and biota acting on parent material over time as modified by ______ - ANSWER- Climate Topography Though plants depend on soil for growth, which of the items below is found in soil, but not ...

SCSC 301 TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Which horizon is not part of the soil solum? - ANSWER- C Organic matter in soil typically accounts for ____% or less of the soils total volume. - ANSWER- 5% Pore space in soil may contain either _____ or _____ - ANSWER- Air Water Soils are the result of ______ and biota acting on parent material over time as modified by ______ - ANSWER- Climate Topography Though plants depend on soil for growth, which of the items below is found in soil, but not ...