EAPS 100 Homework UPDATED Actual Questions and CORRECT Answers
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EAPS 100 Homework UPDATED Actual
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Use the labels on the above cross section of a delta and associated sedimentary deposits to
answer the following question. Where would you most likely find sedimentary deposits
composed of the smallest clasts/sedimentary grains? ...
EAPS 100 Homework UPDATED Actual
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Use the labels on the above cross section of a delta and associated sedimentary deposits to
answer the following question. Where would you most likely find sedimentary deposits
composed of the smallest clasts/sedimentary grains? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 4
In the above diagram of a river system where are most sedimentary clasts/grains produced? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1
Which of the following areas is most at risk for the development of a debris flow? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- D
A river requires _______ to transport large pieces of rock (i.e., sedimentary clasts) when
compared to smaller clasts. Please fill in the blank with the best answer choice. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- faster flowing water
Which of the following locations on the surface of the Earth has the lowest gravitational
potential energy? Hint: Where is most sediment ultimately deposited? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- the bottom of the ocean
The organisms that produce shells made out of calcium carbonate are utilizing what
component of seawater? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Dissolved ions
Chemical weathering is a major process during which rock is broken down through chemical
reactions and dissolved ions are incorporated into natural waters. Which of the following
parameters will lead to increased chemical weathering if all other variables are kept the
same? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Increasing surface area
Clastic rocks are distinguished from crystalline rocks in that they are composed or weathered
bits of rock (clasts) that have been transported as sediment and deposited in a location that is
different from where their constituent rocks formed. What is one feature of clastic rocks that
you could use to distinguish them? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Clastic rocks are typically
composed of rounded clasts
, Which of the following processes is not an example of mechanical weathering? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Rainwater infiltrating a crack and dissolving rock
Which of the following is least likely to trigger a mass wasting event from a steep slope? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A drought
Minerals do not have _________? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Randomly arranged atoms
Which of the following is not a mineral? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A cubic zirconia
(ZrO2) crystal grown in a laboratory
What are the two most common elements in Earth's crust? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Silicon (Si) and Oxygen (O)
A cooling magma begins to grow crystals. We can say that this magma is ________ the
crystallizing mineral. Please fill in the blank with the best answer choice below. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Saturated with respect to
Ionic bonding occurs when ______? Please fill in the blank with the best answer choice. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Atoms lose or gain valence electrons to make positively or
negatively charged ions that can then bond
The unit cell leads to all of the following mineral properties except which one? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Mineral size
The smallest repeatable unit in a crystalline sold is known as the _________? Please fill in
the blank with the best answer choice. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Unit cell
Heating a magma will ________ crystallization and solidification into a rock. Please fill in
the blank with the best answer choice. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Inhibit
What are the three main types of rock? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Igneous, metamorphic,
sedimentary
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