At what location is the most wave energy expended?
A) tidal inlets
B) lagoons
C) barrier islands
D) bays
Answer: C
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A) are thought, potentially, to be fossils of bacteria. B) include what appear to be living bacterial spores. C) resemble the chloroplasts of plant cells. D) show that life on Earth most likely originated on Mars.
On which landmass does a continental glacier exist?
a. Europe b. North America c. South America d. Greenland e. Eurasia
Increasing temperatures of earth’s surface and lower atmosphere provide strong evidence that global
warming is happening right now. This evidence includes all of the following except:a. Average earth temperature from land areas and global shipping lanes indicate that average Earth temperature increased 0.74 degrees Celsius during the 20th century. b. Half of the increase in Earth’s average temperature from the 20th century increased during its last 30 years. c. Nine of the ten years during the first decade of the 21st Century were in the top 10 warmest years of a 160-year-long record. d. Earth’s present average temperature is the warmest it has been since 1400, which is as far back as we can go with certainty by direct and indirect evidence. e. During the recent increase in Earth’s temperature the greatest amount of warming occurred during the day near the equator.
Problems encountered in the Florida Everglades due to modification of the natural flow of water include
A. Increased number of hurricanes B. Water shortages in many cities during the dry season C. Loss of 90 percent of wading bird populations in Everglades National Park and water shortages in many cities during the dry season D. Loss of 90 percent of wading bird populations in Everglades National Park E. All of these are correct