Sorted gravel - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

How would you classify a sediment containing many elongated grains with very sharp corners and edges? - ️️Angular True or false? Dissolved ions are transported into the ocean and re-precipitated as mineral material by marine organisms. - ️️True What is the difference between weathering and erosion? - ️️Weathering relates to the breakdown of rocks and erosion the transport of those materials. Which of the following mechanisms would be described as chemical weathering? - ️️A...

GLY 3202 C - Exam 3 Practice Questions and Answers 100% Pass Which of the following mechanisms would be described as chemical weathering? - ANSWER-Acid rain dissolves limestone to leave holes. Which of these minerals is the most stable at the Earth's surface? - ANSWER-Quartz Which of these minerals would be the least susceptible to weathering? - ANSWER- Hardness of 6, poor cleavage. True or false? Dissolved ions are transported into the ocean and re-precipitated as mineral material by...

Drumlins elongated, teardrop-shaped hills of well sorted and stratified sand and gravel and glacial till, and typically occur behind well defined morraine formations Sand spit •a small sandy point of land projecting into a body of water from the shore The idea that Toronto means "meeting place" came from who? Henry Scadding What are the three sisters? corn, beans and squash Prior to European contact, which three distinct people Toronto played host to? the Hur...

GEOG 1111 FINAL EXAM Questions With 100% Correct Answers permafrost - answerforms when soil or rock temperatures remain below 32 degrees for at least 2 years glacier - answerlarge mass of perennial ice resting on land or floating shelflike in sea formed from accumulation and recrystillazation of snow snowline - answerwhere the lowest elevation where snow remains year arounf alpine glacier - answerglacier in a mountain range cirque - answerscooped-out, amphitheater-shaped basin at the hea...

bulk density formula - Answer oven dry weight (g)/ total soil volume (cm^3) Pore density formula - Answer oven dry weight (g)/volume of soil solids (cm^3) % pore space equation - Answer 100 - ((BD/PD) x 100) organic matter in prairie vs forest soils - Answer forest: all in O horizon, down to about half a meter prairie: slow decline from O horizon all the way down to 2m classifying land parcels - Answer description within sector (i.e. S 1/2 NE 1/4), Sector number (remember how to cou...

Tsunami - A seismic sea wave, travelling at high speeds across the ocean, formed by sudden motion in the seafloor. Causes: Sea-floor earthquakes, submarine landslides, and eruption of an undersea volcano Physical Structure of the Ocean - Basic structure consists of 3 horizontal layers: 1-Mixing zone 2-Thermocline transition zone 3-Deep cold zone Mixing Zone - warmed by the sun and driven by the winds Thermocline transition zone - Temperature decreases with depth Deep cold zone - Temper...

Within the deep cold zone, average temperature and salinity - remain fairly constant with depth. When the height of a wave exceeds its vertical stability, the wave is called a - breaker. Which of the following is CORRECT regarding mean sea level? - It is calculated based on average tidal levels recorded hourly at a given site over a period of many years. The height of a tsunami grows as it approaches a coastline primarily because - its wavelength shortens. When the Sun and Moon are neit...

PHSC 211 Chapter 3 Quiz (Fall 2020)– Liberty University (A grade) Questions 1 through 5 are based on Lab Exercise #1: Grain Analysis. 1. Bag A contains a. well-sorted sand. b. clay. c. a moderately sorted mix of sand and silt. d. a poorly sorted mix of gravel and sand. 2. Bag B contains a. well-sorted sand. b. clay. c. a poorly sorted mix of sand and silt. d. a poorly sorted mix of gravel and sand. 3. Bag C contains a. well-sorted clay. b. well-sorted gravel (with some sa...

sedimentary rocks - correct answer products of mechanical and chemical weathering three types of sedimentary rocks - correct answer detrital, chemical, and organic detrital sedimentary rocks - correct answer transported sediments (include clay minerals, quartz, feldspars, and micas)-base on particle size shale - correct answer ...

Strain - 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 - ANSWER-The total amount of stress placed on a soil minus the pore-water pressure Normal Stress - ANSWER-The component of total stress that acts perpendicular to the plane. Shear stress - ANSWER-The component of total stress that acts parallel to any point in question. Dilatancy - ANSWER-Tendency of a materia...