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SCIN 138 Week 4 Exam Part 1 of 3 - 20.0/ 20.0 Points Question 1 of 25 4.0 / 4.0 Points Which of the characteristics of sedimentary rocks deals with the grains being the same size? • A. roundness • B. cementation • C. porosity • D. sorting Question 2 of 25 4.0 / 4.0 Points If a sedimentary rock is found to have grains of different shapes and sizes it is said to be what? • A. well sorted • B. poorly cemented • C. poorly sorted • D. permeable Question 3 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points What is...

SCIN 138 Week 8 Final Exam- Questions and Answers NEW 2021 V2 | American Public University-Geologic folding where large areas of the crust are warped upwards, create formations such as the figure below, known as . A.domes B.basins C.thrust faults D.grabens E.scarps Answer Key: A Feedback: Sometimes a large area of crust undergoes upwarping or downwarping, which forms broad, gentle folds. Upwarping of strata forms domes, while downwarping forms large, bowl-like basins. Q...

Exam (elaborations) W 8 SCIN 138 SOLVED (SCIN138) Week 8 Final Exam (timed and single access) Return to Assessment List Part 1 of 4 - 42.0/ 52.0 Points Question 1 of 50 2.0 / 2.0 Points The number one factor causing landslides is (are) . • A. precipitation • B. volcanic eruptions • C. glaciation • D. freeze-thaw cycles • E. earthquakes Answer Key:A Question 2 of 50 2.0 / 2.0 Points Folds like anticlines and synclines are m...

Exam (elaborations) SCIN 138 Introduction to Geology (Week 2 Exam) (SCIN138) Part 1 of 2 - 40.0/ 52.0 Points Question 1 of 25 4.0 / 4.0 Points Oceanic plates are composed of what rock type? • A. granite • B. quartz • C. basalt • D. diorite Feedback:2 Plate Tectonics Question 2 of 25 4.0 / 4.0 Points Ocean-to-continent convergent boundaries can produce all but which of the following? • A. mountains • B. volcanoes • C. ...

SCIN 138 Week 3 Exam (timed and single access)|SCIN 138 Week 2 Exam (timed and single access)Which of the following would experience the most amount of damage from an earthquake? • A. a brick building in an area underlain by sandstone • B. a brick building in an area underlain by granite • C. a brick building in area underlain by unconsolidated sand • D. a brick building in area underlain by water-saturated sand

SCIN 138 138 WEEK 6 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Question 1 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Subsidence is a side-effect of ________. • A. groundwater mining. • B. permeable bedrock • C. salt water intrusion • D. too many buildings. Question 2 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points The appearance of sinkholes and caves in an area is called ________. • A. permeable topography. • B. karst topography. • C. limestone topography • D. speleothem topography. Que...

SCIN 138 WEEK 6 EXAM LATEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Part 1 of 3 - 44.0/ 48.0 Points Question 1 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following is an anthropogenic cause of groundwater pollution? • A. evaporites • B. landfills • C. rocks • D. volcanoes Question 2 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points • A. liquid water turns into vapor • B. Water turns from solid to liquid • C. water vapor turns into a liquid. • D. ice melts and gives off st...