Tasa Graphic Arts, Inc.
1210B Salazar Road - Taos, NM USA 87571
Phone: (800) 293-2725 or (575) 758-5535 - Fax: (575) 758-5536
E-mail: info@tasagraphicarts.com
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Tasa Graphic Arts, Inc. 1210B Salazar Road - Taos, NM USA 87571 Phone: (800) 293-2725 or (575) 758-5535 - Fax: (575) 758-5536 E-mail: info@tasagraphicarts.com |
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Earth's Dynamic Surface
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| 1) |
Comparing basalts
from New Mexico and Maryland, why do they look different? |
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| 2) | What influences how rocks weather? |
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| 3) | Why did El Morro engravings last so long? ___________________________________________________________________________________
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| 4) |
What tombstones preserve inscriptions
the worst over time? |
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| 5) Why? |
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| 6) | What would be the best tombstone
rock type? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 7) | What is physical weathering? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 8) | What is chemical weathering? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Frost Wedging |
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| 9) What happens
in parallel cracks in rock when water gets in? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Exfoliation |
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| 10) What is exfoliation? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 11) How does it happen? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Dissolution |
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| 12) What is dissolution? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 13) What is the name
of the most common rock that easily dissolves? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 14) What is the chemical
formula for carbonic acid? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 15) Define an acid. ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 16) How do we measure
acid levels? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Oxidation |
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| 17) What are the easiest
rocks to oxidize? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Hydrolysis |
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| 18) What is hydrolysis? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 19) Name the most common
type of rock that undergoes hydrolysis. ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 20) What do the feldspars
weather to? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Plants & Animals |
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| 21) What is bioturbation? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 22) Define a chelator. ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 23) What do chelators
move through the soil? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Soils |
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| 24) What are the 4 main
soil horizons and describe them. (4pts) ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 25) Describe the O and
E horizons. (2pts) ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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