Earth is the densest of our Solar System's rocky planets, all of which share a composition rich in silicon. Silicate rock makes up the Earth's crust and the towering bulk of its mountain ranges. Igneous and metamorphic rocks are loaded with it. Sand, too, is mostly grains of silicates ...
What does normal fault mean? A normal fault means that the land is being pulled away from itself and some of the land has shifted down because of the pull of gravity. What are normal and reverse faults? A normal fault is a break in the rock caused by pulling away of the rock so tha...
What metamorphic rock is formed from shale? What is gneiss? What are petrology, stratigraphy, and paleontology? What does 'cementation' mean in the rock cycle? What are Loess deposits? What is the modern science of geology? What are inclusions in geology? What does radiometric dating of an ...
What tools does metamorphic petrology use? What does the Mercalli scale measure? What tools does sedimentary petrology use? What is applied geology? What are the tools used in modern oceanography? What tools does igneous petrology use? What is skin depth in geophysics?
Question 2: What does the full moon mean? Answer 2:It is the fifth phase of the moon when the sun and the moon are on the opposite side of the earth. Further, when the moon is at its closest point to the earth, we refer to it as “supermoon”. On the other hand, when it is...
Great Britain does not include any part of Ireland. Great Britain does not include the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands. Variations of the name "Britain" have been used since at least the first century AD. In the times of the Roman Empire, the area called Provincia Britannia was populat...
Seasonal differences in condition factor between the sexes in summer and fall appear consistent with a later onset of sexual maturation in females, which rapidly increase oocyte size following entry into spawning tributaries (Docker et al., 2019). Since 1980, the mean annual size of adult sea ...
Symbolism plays an exaggerated role in their thinking, and they tend to think imprecisely and metamorphically. Harold D. Lasswell, in his book, *Psychopathology and Politics*, says, “The essential mark of the agitator is the high value he places on the emotional response of the public.” ...
- Planet: a massive body in space created to orbit the Sun or any other star. [Pluto was correctly demoted. Often, knowledge of the origin of a thing, including planet, living "kinds", igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rock, person, etc., is needed to correctly define it.]- Savant...
What Earth forces cause metamorphic rocks to form? What are Milankovitch cycles? What does 'cementation' mean in the rock cycle? What is the process that breaks down rock at the Earth's surface? When do rocks change form in the rock cycle? In what section(s) of the rock cycle are gems...