Question
Beds are a type of these structures that are separated by bedding planes. For 10 points each:
[10m] Geological folds arise from the bending of series of these structures. The law of superposition gives that, in the absence of deformation, these layers are in order by their age.
ANSWER: strata [or stratum]
[10e] Many folds consist of deformed strata of this class of rocks that include chalk and sandstone.
ANSWER: sedimentary rocks
[10h] This type of fold is convex down and features the older strata nearer to its center. Petroleum is often found in “structural traps” resulting from natural cavities that can form under these folds.
ANSWER: anticlines [prompt on upfolds]
<Benjamin Chapman, Science - Earth> ~21096~ <Editor: David Bass>
Summary
2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 35 | 16.00 | 100% | 57% | 3% |
Data
Belmont | Troy | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Hoover B | Belvidere | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Canyon Crest | Barrington A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Parkway West | Carbondale | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Hinsdale Central | Chattahoochee B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Choate Rosemary Hall | Midtown | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Lake Highland | Detroit Catholic Central B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Detroit Catholic Central C | Cincinnati Hills Christian | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Solon | Dunbar | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Maggie Walker B | Elkhorn North | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Heights | Carl Sandburg | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
John Adams A | Hunter B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Mexico | Innovation Academy A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Irvington A | Winston Churchill B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Johns Creek B | Chattahoochee A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Kinkaid | William Fremd | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Hunter A | Maggie Walker A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Moberly | Norris | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Norman | West Point | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Northmont A | Maggie Walker C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Northmont B | Innovation Academy B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Plymouth | Detroit Country Day | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
Richard Montgomery | Woodland | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Mira Loma | Rockford Auburn A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
John Adams B | Saint Joseph | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Stevenson A | New Brighton | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Stevenson B | Rockford Auburn B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Thomas Jefferson A | Dallas County | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Thomas Jefferson B | Detroit Catholic Central A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Thomas Jefferson C | Lincoln-Way East | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Thomas Jefferson D | Barrington B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
St. Mark's | University Lab | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Winnebago | Walter Payton | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Washington | Waukee | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Johns Creek A | Winston Churchill A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |