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APSC 151 WEEK 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Definition 1 of 194
material left as glacial melts
Types of coal
Dolostone
Ablation till
Lodgement till
Definition 2 of 194
process by which a block of a glacier breaks off and falls into the sea to form an iceberg
Evaporites
Calving
Erosion
Abrasion
Definition 3 of 194
a ridge of till marking a former position of the front of a glacier
welded tuff
End moraine
salt flats
Types of coal
,Definition 4 of 194
peat(least compact), lignite, bituminous, anthracite(most compact)
Types of coal
lateral moraine
Reykjanes Fires
ripple marks
Definition 5 of 194
common pyroclastic rock made of fused ash and fragments
welded tuff
Tephra fall
Recrysallization
Batholith
Definition 6 of 194
Every rock will bend or fracture if put under enough stress
geothermal gradient
What are moraines?
crystal deformation
Chemical sedimentary rocks
Definition 7 of 194
Stable minerals being replaced by more stable ones
dissolution
Extrusive igneous bodies
Laccoliths examples
Recrysallization
,Definition 8 of 194
Sediment deposited by meltwater streams emanating from a glacier.
Evaporites
Benefits of volcanoes
glacial outwash
Stream valleys
Definition 9 of 194
Parent material, time, climate, drainage, plants and animals, topography
Controls of soil formation
Crystal shear Deformation
Landforms caused by erosion
Benefits of volcanoes
Definition 10 of 194
disintegration resulting from plants(roots), burrowing animals and humans. Lichens and mosses
enhance the breakdown of rock surfaces
sedimentary rock
Pahoehoe lava
Biologic activity
medial moraine
Definition 11 of 194
material dropped by actively moving glaciers
sedimentary structures
Lodgement till
Migmatite
ripple marks
, Definition 12 of 194
Anytype of rock
End moraine
Organic rocks
parent rock
pegmatitic texture
Definition 13 of 194
Composed mainly of the mineral calcite, remains of micro organisms
chalk
Amphibolite
phaneritic texture
Cirque
Definition 14 of 194
Recrystallization - calcite in shells recrystallizes into stable form
Petrification or Replacement - Addition or substitution of minerals
Mould - internal and external impressions
What is an intrusive igneous rock?
Volcanic - The impact
Types of preservation in sedimentary rocks
Chemically active fluids
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