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Question 1

radioactive decay by beta particle emission

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atomic # is one more than the parent. mass numbers are the same

Question 2

Cenozoic is also known as

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new life

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how do kettles form

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melting of large blocks of ice left by a glacier

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glacial striations

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grooves created by rocks scratching against bedrock at the base of a glacier

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result of continental collision during assembly of pangea

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himalays

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rock outcrop with crossbreeds in well-sorted quartz sandstone.
what is the depositional environment of the sandstone

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sand dune

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sequence of a decrease In air content

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snow
granular ice
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glacial ice

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melting of icebergs floating during the last 50,000 years

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sea level rises 100 meters

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icebergs form through

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calving

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fossils are most common in what rock type

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sedimentary

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ground water table

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same general shape as the topography

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difference between saturated / unsaturated zones fo groundwater:

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pore spaces in sautéed = filled with water

pore spaces in unsaturated = not filled with water

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layers of sediment extend laterally in all directions

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principle of lateral continuity

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in Grand Canyon, the contact between the Vishnu Schist and overlying sediments is what type of uncofmrity

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noncomformity

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combination for best groundwater reservoir

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high permeability / porosity

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ediacaran fauna

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earliest known evidence of multi-cellular organisms

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Georgia Tech campus is an example of ___ geologic provicen

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piedmont

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earth covered by glaciers during :

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Cenozoic

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graded beds of sand, silt, and mud deposited on submarine fans are called

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turbidites

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a coprolite is

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fossilized animal excretion

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not a major extinction event

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end of cambrian

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most detailed bathymetric maps of Atlanta, pacific, Indian Ocean basins were produced using

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satellite data of avg. sea surface hieght

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when water is pumped from a well, a depression produced under water table is

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cone of depression

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sedimentary rock outcrop with no layering and particles ranging from boulders to clay . this deposit is

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glacial morraine

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extensive deposits of windblown silt are

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loess

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pangea began to break during

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mesozoic

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why do the great basins / Mojave deserts of western NA exist

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the two deserts lie in the rain shadows of mountains

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NA cordillera

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western NA

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folded / faulted rocks that formed during Paleozoic era

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applachain

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the higher permeability of an aquifer means

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faster the groundwater will flow

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burrow =-

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trace

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addition of carbon dioxide to groundwaters flowing through limestone layers will :

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make waters more acidic resulting in limestone dissolution

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how do venticrafts form

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by sandblasting

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approx age of earth

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4.5 billion

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aquifer above regional water table

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perched water table

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of major mass extinctions

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5

Question 37

blue ridge province of Appalachia ford belt was thrust as sheets over the top of which geologic province

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valley and ridge province

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mountain remnants in desert regions

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inselbergs

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permeability is

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ability to transmit water through connected pore spaces

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element formed during big bang

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Hydrogen

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by ___ period, large tropical swamps extended across NA eventually becoming the vast coal deposits of today :

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pennsylvanian

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spring tides occur when

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sun-earth-moon align straight line

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accumulation of rock, sandy, or clayey material deposited at end of glacier :

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morraine

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dust blowing from desert regions over certain ocean regions stimulates biological productivity primarily through the addition of

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iron

Question 45

1000 atoms, 250 parent atoms left, half-life of 1 million years . how old is this guy?

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2 million years