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    Sedimentary Rocks Define 2 types of weathering? • Mechanical: breaking rocks into smaller chunks o Sediment: clasts (particles or sediment) • Chemical: dissolve mierals or change rock chemistry and make new minerals o Sediment: Ions in solution Which type would result in a conglomerate? • Mechanical. What are the compositions and depositional environments of Coal and Halite? • Coal: o Comp.: plant material o Dep. Environ.: Swamp • Halite: o Comp: NaCl o Dep. Environ.: desert‚

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    Question 1 | | | | Correct. | | | Movements and interactions in the lithosphere and the internal Earth processes that drive them are referred to as the _____ cycle. | hydrologic | | metamorphic | | tectonic | | rock | Question 2 | | | | Correct. | | | The model that describes the movement of water through the reservoirs of the Earth System is called the _____ cycle. | rock | | hydrologic | | metamorphic | | tectonic | Question

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    Heart and Stone Therapy

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    originated from Native Americans but they did not use them in massage. Stone therapy has been around for a long time but has been modernised through the years and now we use naturally shaped basalt pebbles and marble pebbles that have been cut to shape to deliver hot and cold temperatures. Four types of stones: Basalt stones: Hot stone‚ made from volcanic rock used all

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    Apollo 11 Mission Robert Marino October 24‚ 2010 I. Introduction and Thesis Apollo 11 departed from Cape Kennedy‚ Florida Complex-39 at 9:32a.m. on July 16‚ 1969. The Lunar Module named Eagle landed in the Sea Tranquility at 4:18 p.m. EDT. The mission was simple: put a man on the Moon and return. The mission was a great success and the command and service module Columbia returned back to Earth on July 24‚ 1969 at 12:50:35 p.m. Neil Alden Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the Lunar

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    The Planet of Mars isbeing 142 million miles away from the sun and only forty-nine million miles away from earth. The average temperature for Earth is fifty-seven degrees fahrenheit. The average temperature for Mars is negative eighty-one degrees fahrenheit. You would think there would be no way of having life on Mars (University Today). The cool thing is scientists think Mars would be the first planet to colonize and be able to live on. Almost everyone thinks that earth has full twenty-four hour

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    Formation of the Philippine Islands The Indo-Australian plate is found south of the Eurasian and the Philippine Seaplates. It is generally oceanic‚ being submerged by Indian and Pacific Oceans‚ but it holds two gigantic land masses – the island continent of Australia and Indian subcontinent. Recent researches‚ however‚ show that these two land masses are moving independently of each other‚ thus‚ may actually be parts of separate plates. The Philippine Sea plate is found east of the Eurasian

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    Copper And Molybdenum Essay

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    amygdular layers‚ flow- top breccias‚ and faults in the basalts and overlying carbonates containing deposits formed in the Proterozoic‚ Triassic‚ Jurassic or Tertiary ages along a continental rift zone near a marine interface of a former equatorial position. These deposits include native copper and some silver in the flows and Cu2S minerals along the fractures. Copper distribution was regulated by the host rock permeability and fracturing of basalt flows and sedimentary beds. Some copper nuggets are

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    Mauna Loa Essay

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    examinations to monitor its impact to surrounding communities and environment. Mauna Loa is a shield volcano. These volcanoes are usually composed of basalt‚ which enables them to possess a gentle slope‚ fluid and pahoehoe lava. The fluidity nature allows the volcano to not be deadly (“Geologic Hazards”‚ n.d.). The volcano consists of tholeiitic basalt (“Mauna Loa Volcano”‚ n.d.). Some of oldest rocks in the structure are from 100‚000 to 200‚000 years ago (“Mauna Loa Earth’s”‚ n.d.). It is currently

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    Geology Final exam Review EXAM 1 1. What is a mineral? A mineral is a naturally-occurring‚ inargonaic‚ crystalline solid with a definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties. 2. What are eight chemical elements that make up over 99 percent of Earth’s crust? Oxygen (O)‚ Silicon (Si)‚ Aliminum (Al)‚ Iron (Fe)‚ Calcium (Ca)‚ Sodium (Ca)‚ Potassium (Na)‚ Magnesium (K) 3. What are six fundamental geologic principles which are used in relative dating? Superposition‚ original

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    Land Art and Land Artists UNDERSTANDING LAND ART AND ITS IMPACTS 4/9/2014 By: Amir R. Tamadon Land Art and Land Artists Contents INTORDUCTION.............................................................................................................. 2 LAND ART ORIGINS: AGENTS OF NATURE ................................................................... 2 WHAT DOES LAND ART LOOK LIKE? ............................................................................. 4 IMPACTS OF LAND ART ......

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