Geo 112 (Study 2)

__________ is a group of individuals that belong to a single species and live together in a particular area

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Metamorphic rocks that result from hot magma coming into contact with preexisting rocks are likely to be foliated.

In the rock cycle, what processes convert sediment into sedimentary rock?

The Coriolis Effect is the apparent change in direction of moving air or water due to the Earth's rotation.

Limiting factors include ______.

What is physical weathering?

The intertidal zone is most closely associated with _____.

A by-product of long-term photosynthesis that is a major constituent in Earth's atmosphere is ________.

_________ organisms, such as fish, live in the ocean's water.

What mineral assemblage is likely to be found in a sedimentary rock?

What combination of minerals is likely to be found in a felsic igneous rock?

A mountain produced by lava cooling on Earth's surface is a ______ .

In which environment is sediment most likely to be eroded?

Isotopes are forms of an element that have a different number of neutrons.

What are biogenic sediments?

According to isostasy, how will the earth's crust respond to a loss in weight resulting from the erosion of mountains?

Temperate forests, dominated by maples, oaks, and beeches (plus flowering plants), are located in

A clastic sedimentary rock consisting of silt sized particles is a ______.

Northern coniferous forests dominated by spruce, pine, and fir, are located adjacent to the subarctic ecosystem known as

Examples of sedimentary structures that may be seen in sedimentary rocks include ________ .

The diversity of life in freshwater bodies, such as lakes and rivers, is much greater than it is in the oceans.

The slope that leads from the shallow ocean at the edge of continents to the deep ocean basins is the

A nonconformity usually implies _______.

The order of increasing metamorphic grade for foliated metamorphic rocks is ______.

Alluvial Fans are fan-shaped accumulations of sediment found at the mouth of a canyon.

Limiting factors restrict a species to an environment.

The divisions of the geologic time scales are for the most part based on ________.

What is a community?

The upper limit on metamorphism is melting.

Sodium Chloride made in a chemistry lab is considered a mineral.

The relative order of events in the geologic time scale was determined by applying knowledge of _____.

Chemical sedimentary rocks consisting of the skeletons of dead marine organisms are classified as _______ .

Earth's atmosphere consists of ________ in decreasing order of abundance.

Which igneous rock type represents slow cooling deep underground (6 to 15 km)?

Where is the photic zone?

In an ionic bond a positively and negatively charged ion are held together by an electrostatic attraction.

Metamorphism of rock occurs when it is exposed to high temperatures, very high pressures, or both.

Terrestrial climates on land at about 30 degrees north and south latitude tend to be________.

A tabular body of igneous rock that intruded parallel to layers of sedimentary rock is a _______.

Chemical sediments are formed by _______.

Regional metamorphism ________.

The way that a species relates to its environment defines its ______.

Which type of sedimentary rock displays the best sorting?

Consumers that feed on producers are called ______ .

Brackish seawater is common in _____.

Chemical weathering makes new minerals.

Minerals are _______ .

WHAT IS THE COMPOSITION OF THE ATMOSPHERE!?

Evaporites are chemical sediments left by the precipitation of seawater.