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Which map shows the most likely location and direction of the monsoon winds and regional atmospheric pressure occurring in Southeast Asia in July?

a) low pressure over land, air moving toward it

b) high pressure over land, air moving toward it

c) low pressure over land, air moving way from it

d) high pressure over land, air moving toward it

When Earth is located in the orbital position shown on the diagram, which constellation is visible to an observer in New York State at midnight?

a) Gemini

b) Pisces

c) Scorpius

d) Virgo

Approximately how many days (d) does it take for Earth to orbit from its present position to point A?

a) 27 d

b) 91 d

c) 183 d

d) 365d

What is the youngest sedimentary rock layer represented in these cross sections?

a) black shale

b) brown sandstone

c) tan siltstone

d) conglomerate

Which sequence shows the relative ages of the igneous intrusion, fault X–Y, unconformity, and red sandstone, from oldest to youngest, in outcrop C?

a) unconformity → igneous intrusion → fault X–Y → red sandstone

b) red sandstone → unconformity → igneous intrusion → fault X–Y

c) fault X–Y → unconformity → red sandstone → igneous intrusion

d) igneous intrusion → fault X–Y → red sandstone → unconformity

Which processes formed the unconformities shown in outcrops B and C?

a) folding, faulting, and tilting

b) uplift, erosion, and deposition

c) weathering, abrasion, and igneous intrusion

d) melting, contact metamorphism, and solidification

Which characteristic of the volcanic ash layer is most useful for correlating rock layers in outcrops A, B, and C?

a) The ash was deposited over a large geographic area.

b) The ash layer varies in thickness.

c) Carbon-14 can be used to determine the age of the ash.

d) Igneous rock particles are found in the ash.

Which agent of erosion moves the particles within this erosional-depositional system?

a) waves

b) wind

c) running water

d) moving ice

The total range of particle sizes indicated in this system is

a) less than 0.0004 cm

b) 0.0004 to 0.006 cm, only

c) 0.006 to 0.2 cm, only

d) 0.0004 to 0.2 cm

Which diagram indicates both the direction of dune migration (movement) and the dominant process occurring on each slope of the dune in box X?

a) Dune migration to the left

b) Dune migration to the right

c) Dune migration upward

d) Dune migration downward

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