Detrital sedimentary rocks are classified according to clastic particle size; chemical sedimentary rocks are named according to the most abundant minerals.

Match the rock with the appropriate description.

In general, cinder cones are much larger than shield volcanoes.

When a permanent stream enters a desert area, what happens to its discharge?

Which of the following statements concerning slate is NOT true?

At what depth of water would waves “feel bottom” if their wavelength is 10 feet?

Which of the following describes radioactive decay by beta particle emission?

________ occur at about the time of the first quarter and third quarter phases of the Moon.

Match the rock with the appropriate description.

________ has the same mineral composition as andesite.