To what class of minerals do gold, silver, and copper belong?

halides

sulfates and sulfides

native elements

carbonates

What enables the country to grow the crops that it does

Checkerboard Mesa, Zion NP, UT. Checkerboard Mesa gets its name from the intersection of sub-vertical fractures/joints with more gently tilted layers. Knowing that these are lithified sand dunes.

Read the following quote from a letter written by Hernan Cortes to King Charles V in 1520. "I will say no more than that the manners of the people, as shown in their intercourse with one another, are marked by as great an attention to the

What is the least perimeter of a rectangle with an area of 32square. ft

A bag contains 5 red marbles, 3 blue marbles, 7 yellow marbles, and 2 green marbles. Which ratio can be used to compare the yellow marbles to the blue marbles? A) 3 11 B) 3 7 C) 7 11 D) 7 3

How does still water affect glaciations?

What does lava become when it cools A. obsidian B. Basalt C. granite D. all lava could become either for of igneous rock

What sequence of events connects the Industrial Revolution, industrial capitalism, communism, and the Cold War?

A major problem with Wegener's Continental Drift Hypothesis was that he could not find rocks or other geologic features that would have been continuous from one continent to the next if the continents had been together. True / False.

Earlier in the course, you learned that the Hawaiian Island chain stretches far to the northwest and then continues underwater all the way to Asia.