Silicates - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Natural Event Geological or atmospheric processes involving the release of energy and has nothing to do with people. Geological is due to the hot interior of the Earth and can be expressed as volcanoes. Atmospheric type of energy is the product of solar energy which can be expressed as tornadoes. Characteristics of a Natural Disaster (5) geological, atmospheric, magnitude, frequency, duration, areal extent Recurrence interval time between same sized events (150 years) frequency 1/recurrenc...

1 - Absolute pressure is equal to standard sea-level plus: - Gauge pressure 1 - All of the following are types of scale except: - Silicone Types of scale include: - Silicate - magnesium carbonate - Calcium Carbonate 1 - Complaints in the winter that it is too cold in a building can be offset by: - Raising the humidity and the temperature 1 - Copper tubing is standardized on the basis of use into standard - Wall thickness schedules 1 - Define absolute pressure - The total pressure that i...

Compared to the age of the Universe of about 14 billion years, the currently accepted age of Earth is about ________ years as determined by using radioactivity for dating rocks and minerals. A) 4.6 thousand B) 4.6 billion C) 5.4 million D) 13.7 billion - B The ________ division of the geologic time scale is an era of the Phanerozoic Eon. A) Paleocene B) Paleozoic C) Permian D) Proterozoic - B The Earth's core was formed from ________. A) a massive nickel iron asteroid that was the n...

Name four characteristics of asbestos - Answer-Naturally occurring, fibrous, hydrated, mineral and silicates What type of asbestos is the fibrous serpentine - Answer-chrysotile (white asbestos) Name the 5 amphiboles - Answer-Amosite Tremolite Actinolite Crocidolite Anthopyllite Name physical properties of asbestos - Answer-fire resistant spinnability tensile strength strong and durable resists fungus growth corrosion heat acids vermin What were some of the uses ...

Compared to the age of the Universe of about 14 billion years, the currently accepted age of Earth is about ________ years as determined by using radioactivity for dating rocks and minerals. A) 4.6 thousand B) 4.6 billion C) 5.4 million D) 13.7 billion - B The ________ division of the geologic time scale is an era of the Phanerozoic Eon. A) Paleocene B) Paleozoic C) Permian D) Proterozoic - B The Earth's core was formed from ________. A) a massive nickel iron asteroid that was the n...

Name four characteristics of asbestos CORRECT ANSWER Naturally occurring, fibrous, hydrated, mineral and silicates What type of asbestos is the fibrous serpentine CORRECT ANSWER chrysotile (white asbestos) Name the 5 amphiboles CORRECT ANSWER Amosite Tremolite Actinolite Crocidolite Anthopyllite Name physical properties of asbestos CORRECT ANSWER fire resistant spinnability tensile strength strong and durable resists fungus growth corrosion heat acids vermin Wha...

Clemson Geology 1010 - Exam #1 Latest Update Rated A principles claims something that has been proven - known to all as correct scientific method observation, questions, hypothesis, collect data, and evaluation hypothesis educated guess; "if-then" statement. needs to be testable; be predictive theories hypothesis but now has a lot of data supporting it; tested for years law essentially correct (always an exception) geology study of earth catastrophism everything was caused by 6 catastrop...

Science Bowl Practice Questions with Verified Solutions Math; Multiple Choice: If the determinant of a matix is zero, the matix is said to be W.) an Eigen-matrix X.) singular Y.) invertible Z.) Gaussian X.) singular Math; Multiple Choice: Matrix multiplication differs from scalar multiplication in that matrix multiplication is not W.) commutative X.) associative Y.) distributed over addition Z.) well-defined W.) commutative Physics; Multiple Choice: materials that transmit s...

How is Earth's atmosphere different from other planets? - Abundance of nitrogen and oxygen What is the hydrosphere? - All the water on earth contained within the water cycle. Includes oceans, rivers, lakes, glaciers, groundwater, and evaporated water. What allows Earth to have a cyclical hydrosphere? - Earth's distance from the sun keeps the water on Earth's surface liquid. What is the Biosphere? - All life contained on Earth, this includes us, all animals, insects, and plants. Earth's...