Quizizz 3/6

At which location would deposition of sediments most likely be greater than erosion?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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The rate of soil development in tropical areas is usually greater than the rate of soil development in arctic areas because tropical areas have

• less chemical weathering and a scarcity of living organisms

• less chemical weathering and an abundance of living organisms

• more chemical weathering and a scarcity of living organisms

• more chemical weathering and an abundance of living organisms

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32 New York State’s Finger Lakes exist today because

• U-shaped valleys were dammed by glacial sediments

• V-shaped valleys are being eroded by streams

• a drop in sea level occurred, leaving the lakes

• a rise in sea level occurred, flooding the region

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Which igneous rock could physically weather to beach sand that contains the minerals pyroxene, plagioclase feldspar, and olivine?

• dunite

• granite

• peridotite

• gabbro

Which two physical properties of graphite make it a good mineral for use in pencils?

• luster and fracture

• cleavage and color

• hardness and streak

• greasy feel and composition

Which mineral is produced when two atoms of iron chemically combine with three atoms of oxygen?

• garnet

• pyrite

• magnetite

• hematite

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Compared to the time of sunrise in Kingston, the time of sunrise in Jamestown would be approximately

• 1 hour earlier

• 1 hour later

• 20 minutes earlier

• 20 minutes later

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An observer in Watertown, New York, would see the star Polaris at an altitude of approximately

• 44°

• 45°

• 75°

• 76°

Earth’s system of longitude is based on which motion?

• Earth’s rotation

• the Sun’s rotation

• Earth’s revolution around the Sun

• the Sun’s revolution around Earth

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