GEOL 1200 Test 4 Review

The age of a detrital sedimentary rock tells you _____.

Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?

When two valley glaciers converge, their lateral moraines form a single _____.

The boundary between a weathered granite and an overlying sandstone is a _____.

Radiometric dating can be used with _____.

The time unit that represents the least amount of time is a(n) _____.

This outcrop illustrates what type of unconformity?

Today's _____ is 72 degrees and sunny.

Oxygen isotopes can be used _____.

A granite containing numerous interconnected fractures _____.

A rock or sediment unit that can transmit water easily is _____.

After two half-lives, _____ of the parent remains.

The oldest rocks on Earth _____.

Glacial sediment deposited by a glacier is _____.

When walking in a cave, you could die if a _____ fell from the ceiling and landed on your head.

Cirques, tarns, and aretes are features formed by _____.

A shale has properties that make it an excellent _____.

The most abundant greenhouse gas is _____.

Geologists study climate through time using _____.

Rivers are examples of _____ areas for groundwater.

Acidic rainwater dissolves _____ to form caves.

"The present is the key to the past" best summarizes what principle?

Glaciers advance when _____.

An aquifer overlain by an aquiclude is _____.

The longest amount of geologic time is represented by _____.

Most of Earth's freshwater is _____.

Isotopes of an element have different _____.

Sediment deposited by a glacier at its toe is _____.

We know rocks were folded after they were deposited by the principle of _____.

Groundwater is used for _____ more than any other purpose.