The columbia plateau exposes dark rock that spans the states of washington, oregon, and idaho. what made this vast plateau?
layers of sedimentary rock that deposited, like the grand canyon
layers of continuous basaltic lava flow that cooled and hardened
layers of metamorphic rock that eroded and extruded from deep in the earth's crust
layers of batholith that eroded and became exposed

Geologists know that potassium-40 decays to argon-40, with a half-life of 1.3 billion years. if an analysis of a feldspar crystal in a sample of granite shows that 75 percent of the potassium-40 atoms have decayed to form argon-40, what is the age of the granite

Rah is completing a school project on the expansion of fast food restaurants across the united states. she finds a map that shows a clear pattern of restaurants beginning in the east and expanding west. this map was most likely created using the technology of

What is the latitude and longitude (to the nearest degree) of the following cities? a. kansas city b. philadelphia c. reno d. minneapolis use the map to find the names of cities with the following coordinates. a. 30°n, 96°w b. 35°n, 95°w c. 26°n, 80°w d. 42°n, 88°w how many kilometers north of the equator is washington, dc? approximately how far north of houston is kansas city? use degrees of latitude to calculate your answer. show your work. which city is closer to greenwich, england: los angeles or xi’an, china (34°n, 109°e)? explain your answer. how many degrees of longitude separate las vegas from the international date line, which is at 180° longitude?