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structural geology - exam 1
Study of the deformation of rocks...,
The two deformation types,
A fracture in bedrock along which...
15
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rock cycle - exam 1
How do igneous rocks form,
Magma at the surface of the earth,
Molten rock inside the earth
15
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plate tectonics - exam 1
The outermost layer of crust and ...,
The weak sphere,
Base of asthenosphere to the core...
38
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deserts and wind eolian - exam 1
How does sediment move,
A dry area on the lee side of a m...,
Barchan dune
24
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mass movement - exam 1
The downslope movement of rock re...,
Cause the slope to cross the thre...,
The steepest angle at which an ac...
31
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geologic time - exam 2
What did scientists use to determ...,
What development in dating techni...,
Numerical dates numerical dating ...
28
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groundwater - exam 2
The most major reservoir of liqui...,
The dissolving action of groundwa...,
Groundwater is most used for
34
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glaciers and glaciation - exam 2
What forms from the accumulation ...,
Dynamic erosional agents that acc...,
Glaciers that move slowly followi...
43
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stratigraphy - exam 3
A body of rocks recognized as a u...,
The description classification na...,
Stratigraphy related to relative ...
14
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precambrian geology - exam 3
Archean granite,
Granite and gneiss,
Greenstone
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lower/middle paleozoic - exam 3
The cambrian period is distinguis...,
The early paleozoic era marked the,
By the late cambrian what had cov...
9
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fossils - exam 3
Direct or altered remains of an o...,
Evidence of the activity of an or...,
Organic compound with a chemical ...
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evolution of life on earth - exam 3
The theory and practice of classi...,
Members of a species who can inte...,
Ancient species may be inferred f...
15
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paleography phanerozoic
What are cambrian facies,
Sandy facies occur closest to,
When was there sauk transgression...
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upper paleozoic
Assembly of pangea development of...,
Late paleozoic life is marked by ...,
In the mississippian north americ...
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extinctions major
Iridium anomalies shocked quartz ...,
The cretaceous extinction was cau...,
Extinction included 95 of marine ...
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cenozoic
What prompted cenozoic climate de...,
The isolation of continental inte...,
Isolation of antartica and initia...
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