There are three main groups of oils: animal, vegetable and mineral. Great quantities of animal oil come from whales, the enormous creatures of the sea which are the largest remaining animals in the world. To protect the whale from the cold of the Arctic seas, nature has provided it with a thick covering of fat called blubber. When the whale is killed, the blubber is stripped off and boiled down, either on board ship or on shore. It produces a great quantity of oil which can be made into food for
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What is granite made up of? It is a rock, not a mineral, so it is built up of several different minerals, which include; Mica, quartz, hornblende, magnetite, and feldspar. Although some may argue against the inclusion of magnetite and mica I firmly believe that those minerals are some of the most prominent appearing in granite. Mica and quartz are known to be metallic and have a low hardness on the Mohs scale. Both of which were exemplified by our sample of granite. Along with a slight magnetic
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A definition of myself. A seventeen year old female athlete in high school. That is what anyone walking down the street would say, but that random person walking down the street is not writing this essay. So, I am going to start over. A definition of myself. I am temperamental, I get aggressive, I tend to trust easier than I should, I forgive too easily, I am almost always angry, the glass tends to be half empty, I throw fits, my words tend to be venom, and I do not know who I am. I cannot pinpoint
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Dynamic Equilibrium – this states that the seismic uplift of an area is balanced by the disclosure from that area; as a landscape is lifted slopes can become steeper and bigger. This means more surface area which can create weathered rock and/or soil particles. These rock and/or soil particles are removed through difference forces from the surface and then returned to the sea bed for sedimentation which will eventually uplift and start the processes over. Uniformitarianism – "the present is the
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weathering, and tectonics are all processes that could act in a manner to drastically affect daily life. Chapter 2 2. Because igneous rocks are solidified from magma or lava, I believe that when ash is released it is consider igneous. Volcanic ash, by origin, is inconsiderably igneous. The point in which volcanic ash may be considered a sedimentary rock is when the ash has fallen to the floor and undergoes a cementation process. Behaviorally, once volcanic ash is shot into the air, the after
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When classes resumed the week after spring break, I had more time to work on my service learning project because I have finished my midterms and research papers the week before spring break started. When I arrived at the CSUN archaeology lab I continued to organize and catalog the geology collection into different piles. Most of the items in the collection are textbooks, Department of Water and Power reports, court cases files on L.A. County properties, and other miscellaneous items. I noticed
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This Aquifer developed over millions of years’ time, to be the faithful water supplier we all know in Texas. The water is naturally cycled through limestone and still needs some treatment after it has been in the ground in this matrix of limestone rock beneath. This water supplies many towns and cities in the region and spans thirteen counties. It is fed by rivers, creeks, and tributaries along the distance (Eckhardt, 2011). Because of the cracks, faults, fractures, sinkholes, and caves, the rivers
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Level Material Sedimentary Rock Worksheet Use the following table to describe and distinguish between the effects of weathering and erosion. Each response must be at least 200 words. |Effects of Weathering |Effects of Erosion |What are the Differences? | |Through mechanical and chemical weathering |Erosion is a term that describe the |Weathering involves two processes that | |of exposed rocks on Earth's surface chunks
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McKenzie Mikesell Geology 102 Geological Time 17.1 A) The oldest rocks are at the bottom of the bunch. (Dirty Laundry effect). B) It would be the same because they build up over time and the layers at the bottom are older. 17.2 A) The incline beds in figure 17.2 are younger. B) Because the beds on top are older than the beds on the bottom and have not flipped over. C) Younger D) Younger E) Younger, You cannot deform a structure that is not there yet. F) Lava flow has smaller
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Igneous Rock Mountains contain ancient mystery that stirs wonder in mortal minds. It is unfathomable to think of the time it took to craft such organic beauty. Long before our existence on the Earth, nature's elements clashed and collided in violent movements. In the beginning stages of creation magma filled the Earth, cooled and eventually solidified. Liquid hot magma can reach temperatures up to 2000 degrees fahrenheit.The formations that occurred from this radical process are known as Igneous
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