A PTA is working with a pt. that has a suspected nerve palsy or involvement of the hand. He or she notes muscle wasting in the Hypothenar eminence. The nerve and nick name affected would be the _____________?      

A body of rock starts at location A in the graph below. The rock, over a period of time, moves to location B and begins to melt. This is an example of melting due to

Which of the following is true about regressions?

Evidence of transgressions and regressions is preserved in the rock record. Based on the distribution of the deposits in the image below, which answer BEST describes the history of this shoreline?Click to view larger image.

Death Valley is currently sinking partly due to the weight of continuously accumulating sediment shed from the mountains that border the valley. What phenomenon is this an example of and what depositional environment is created by the sediment deposition?

Granite, an intrusive igneous rock, is most similar in mineral composition to which extrusive equivalent?

Which types of minerals are most likely to experience oxidation during chemical weathering?

In plate tectonics, a triple junction is a place on the Earth’s surface where

The map below depicts the locations of earthquakes in the ocean basins. Which of the following locations is most likely to be located along a plate boundary?

Igneous rocks at hot spots are formed by ________ extending deep into the Earth’s mantle.