UCA EARTH SYSTEMS SCIENCE
FINAL (FLATLEY)
Why don't desert biomes experience wildfires? - ANSWERS-they
lack the appropriate amount of fuel needed to maintain a fire (plants)
What type of rock would you expect to find at a location that was a
river delta many millions of years ago? - ANSWERS-sedimentary
Abraision - ANSWERS-stream erosional process leading to the
rounding of stones transported in stream channels
The portion of the Amazon River that flows across a broad floodplain
of easily eroded fine sediment likely exhibits what channel
morphology? - ANSWERS-meandering
The Hawaiin island chain is an example of what process? -
ANSWERS-hot spot
fluvial landforms is associated with lower stream velocity and
deposition of sediment - ANSWERS-point bar
Sedimentary rocks are formed when _______________ rock is
weathered, eroded, transported, deposited, and then lithified
(compacted and hardened) to form sedimentary rock. - ANSWERS-
any rock, whether it's sedimentary, metamorphic, or igneous
,Moving from the earth's crust towards the earth's core, temperature
_____________ and pressure _______________. - ANSWERS-
increases; increases
Large crystal size is associated with what type of rock? - ANSWERS-
Intrusive igneous
Rocks found within the core of a mountain range formed along a
continental-continental convergent plate boundary are likely to be: -
ANSWERS-Metamorphic
processes associated with a mid-ocean ridge - ANSWERS-Mantle
convection
Plate divergence
Crustal formation
When oceanic crust collides with continental crust: - ANSWERS-the
oceanic crust is subducted under the continental crust.
Explosive volcanic eruptions that eject large quantities of pyroclastic
materials are associated with what type of high silica content, highly
viscous magma? - ANSWERS-Felsic
Anticlines and Synclines are the product of what type of tectonic
force? - ANSWERS-Compressional force
, forms of physical weathering - ANSWERS-Frost wedging
Pressure release jointing
Salt wedging
forms of chemical weathering - ANSWERS-oxidation, hydrolysis,
and acid rain
Chemical weathering occurs most rapidly under what climatic
conditions? - ANSWERS-Wet and warm
The deep red color of soils in the southeast coastal plain of the US
and humid tropical climates is the result of what process? -
ANSWERS-Oxidation
important factors contributing to the destruction of the recent
California wildfires: - ANSWERS--housing development in LA hills
-high temperatures and a lack of rain
-government policy of putting out all fires during the last 100 years
-strong, off shore winds coming from high pressure points in the
interior of the continent
geomorphology - ANSWERS-study of landforms and process that
shape them- seeks explanations for shape, origin, spatial distribution,
and development of terrain
FINAL (FLATLEY)
Why don't desert biomes experience wildfires? - ANSWERS-they
lack the appropriate amount of fuel needed to maintain a fire (plants)
What type of rock would you expect to find at a location that was a
river delta many millions of years ago? - ANSWERS-sedimentary
Abraision - ANSWERS-stream erosional process leading to the
rounding of stones transported in stream channels
The portion of the Amazon River that flows across a broad floodplain
of easily eroded fine sediment likely exhibits what channel
morphology? - ANSWERS-meandering
The Hawaiin island chain is an example of what process? -
ANSWERS-hot spot
fluvial landforms is associated with lower stream velocity and
deposition of sediment - ANSWERS-point bar
Sedimentary rocks are formed when _______________ rock is
weathered, eroded, transported, deposited, and then lithified
(compacted and hardened) to form sedimentary rock. - ANSWERS-
any rock, whether it's sedimentary, metamorphic, or igneous
,Moving from the earth's crust towards the earth's core, temperature
_____________ and pressure _______________. - ANSWERS-
increases; increases
Large crystal size is associated with what type of rock? - ANSWERS-
Intrusive igneous
Rocks found within the core of a mountain range formed along a
continental-continental convergent plate boundary are likely to be: -
ANSWERS-Metamorphic
processes associated with a mid-ocean ridge - ANSWERS-Mantle
convection
Plate divergence
Crustal formation
When oceanic crust collides with continental crust: - ANSWERS-the
oceanic crust is subducted under the continental crust.
Explosive volcanic eruptions that eject large quantities of pyroclastic
materials are associated with what type of high silica content, highly
viscous magma? - ANSWERS-Felsic
Anticlines and Synclines are the product of what type of tectonic
force? - ANSWERS-Compressional force
, forms of physical weathering - ANSWERS-Frost wedging
Pressure release jointing
Salt wedging
forms of chemical weathering - ANSWERS-oxidation, hydrolysis,
and acid rain
Chemical weathering occurs most rapidly under what climatic
conditions? - ANSWERS-Wet and warm
The deep red color of soils in the southeast coastal plain of the US
and humid tropical climates is the result of what process? -
ANSWERS-Oxidation
important factors contributing to the destruction of the recent
California wildfires: - ANSWERS--housing development in LA hills
-high temperatures and a lack of rain
-government policy of putting out all fires during the last 100 years
-strong, off shore winds coming from high pressure points in the
interior of the continent
geomorphology - ANSWERS-study of landforms and process that
shape them- seeks explanations for shape, origin, spatial distribution,
and development of terrain
