What is the color of the stone?

Are there any other interesting properties of your birthstone?

What kind of weathering involves only a reduction in the sizes of bedrock, regolith, and mineral particles?

In the canyonlands of Utah and Arizona, canyon walls often support “hanging gardens” in which plants cling to sandstone cliffs and these hanging gardens are typically along shale beds in the sandstone. Why is this happening in a desert setting?

What is the crystal shape or habit of your birthstone?

Name and describe two features you would expect to find in a region with karst topography.

Name and describe two features you would expect to find on the floodplain of a widely meandering river near its mouth.

Assume that you have decided to drill a water well. List two factors that should be considered prior to drilling.

Match each process of the hydrologic cycle with its definition.

The diagrams show lag time between rainfall and peak flow (flooding) for an urban area and a rural area. Which diagram (A or B) represents a rural area? Explain your choice.