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| atoms of the same element with varied number of neutrons |
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| An ionic bond is a type of chemical bond that involves a metal and a nonmetal ion through electrostatic attraction. |
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| Metallic bonding is the electromagnetic interaction between delocalized electrons and the metallic nuclei within metals. |
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| Why are Sulfide Minerals and environmental hazard? |
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| sulfate mixes with oxygen and water forming sulfuric acid in coal mines |
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| what is an intrusive igneous rock? |
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| an igneous rock formed beneath the earth's surface (large crystals) |
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| What is an extrusive igneous rock? |
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| an igneous rock formed above the earth's surface (small crystals) |
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| How would one tell the difference between intrusive and extrusive igneous rocks? |
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| Intrusive rocks have large crystals while extrusive rocks have small crystals |
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| What is the difference between organic sedimentary rocks and chemical sedimentary rocks? |
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| Organic sedimentary rocks contain materials generated by living organism, while Unlike most other sedimentary rocks, chemical rocks are not made of pieces of sediment. Chemical sedimentary have mineral crystals made from elements that are dissolved in water. |
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| What is a Plastic Deformation |
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| Permanent deformation caused by flowing and folding at stresses above the elastic limit at high confining pressure and/or temperature. Slow forming-bends |
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| what is a characteristic of fast deformations? |
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| what is a characteristic of slow deformations? |
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| what is the bending of rock called? |
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| What is the difference between a joint and a fault? |
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| joint- there is little to no lateral movement across joints. fault - a fracture in rock in which one side slides laterally past the other with a displacement that is greater than the separation between the blocks on either side of the fracture. |
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| An unconformity is a buried erosion surface separating two rock masses or strata of different ages, indicating that sediment deposition was not continuous. |
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| What kind of stress causes a rock to fold? |
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| Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and/or aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate. |
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| Intrusive igneous rock IS/IS NOT made up of slowly cooled magma. |
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| What is the grain size of intrusive igneous rock? |
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| What is the definition of a species? |
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| A group of individuals capable of interbreeding |
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| a group of individuals of the same species in an area |
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| a group of the populations of different species in the same area |
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| all organisms living in an area or region |
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| the part of earth where organisms exist and function |
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| study of relationships between living things and their enviorments |
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| what is an indigenous species |
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| a species found in an area where they evolved |
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| what is a exotic species? |
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| a species brought into an area or a region by humans |
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| what is an invasive species? |
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| an exotic species that competes with indigenous species and displaces them |
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| what is a natural indigenous ecosystem? |
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| an ecosystem that is a result of completely natural evolutionary processes, rarely exists |
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| what is a human modified ecosystem |
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| it is an ecosystem that is modified by human use and interest, almost all the major ecosystems |
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| what is a human constructed ecosystem? |
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| it is a man-made ecosystem for many different purposes at many sites, such as ponds, canals |
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| what is a keystone species? |
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| a species exerting a stronger community effect disproportionate to their abundance. |
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| Intrusive igneous rock IS/IS NOT made up of slowly cooled magma. |
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| Why does the US have more tree diversity than Europe? |
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| something to do with birds mountains and possibly earthquakes in europe? |
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| What happened when wolves were reintroduced into yellowstone? |
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| They killed animals that were fucking up the streams and creeks allowing for plant growth and biodiversity. |
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| What happened when sea otters were reintroduced into alaska? |
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| Reintroduction of sea otters to British Columbia has led to a dramatic improvement in the health of coastal ecosystems - killed the sea urchins |
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| Why did the kissimmee river need restoration? |
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| humans channelized that bitch and fucked up all the biodiversity, now they are trying to get it back the way it was before, but its destined to go back to being channeled and shitty. |
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| What is the main thing humans need to do for a successful restoration of the everglades? |
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| what did humans do to severely hurt the everglades? |
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| Tree roots CAN/CANNOT help reduce landslides |
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| A disturbance in the ecosystem CAN/CANNOT help increase biodiversity |
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| Sea walls DO/DO NOT decrease biodiversity |
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| Wolves and Sea Otters are examples of what kind of species? |
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| what is ecological restoration? |
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| the study and practice of renewing and restoring degraded, damaged, or destroyed ecosystems and habitats in the environment by active human intervention and action. |
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| The Ice plant in Santa Barbra REDUCED/INCREASED biodiversity |
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| What is the most abundant mineral in the earth's crust? |
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| Why is limestone so susceptible to chemical weathering? |
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| what is the law of superposition? |
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| the old rocks go on the bottom, the young rocks go on top |
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| What is a chemical sedimentary rock? |
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| Unlike most other sedimentary rocks, chemical rocks are not made of pieces of sediment. Instead, they have mineral crystals made from elements that are dissolved in water. |
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| what is a low grade metamorphic rock that is commonly used? |
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| plastic and ductile deformation DO/DO NOT cause folding |
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| what is the law of cross cutting relationships? |
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| The principle of cross-cutting relationships states that an igneous intrusion is always younger than the rock it cuts across. |
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