What do the town of Times Beach, Missouri, and the Love Canal neighborhood of Niagara Falls, New York, have in common?
A) Both have banned the use of plastic grocery bags.
B) Both were evacuated because of contamination by toxins.
C) Both recently won presidential recycling awards.
D) Both were built on closed municipal landfills.
E) Both have municipal programs for dealing with e-waste.
Answer: B
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Which of the following is valid for how rocks weather?
A) Quartz is very soluble during weathering at low temperatures. B) Limestone weathers rapidly in wet climates but can form cliffs in dry ones. C) As a granite weathers, quartz rapidly decomposes into clay minerals. D) Most minerals in granite weather at nearly the same rate and so granite has smooth surfaces.
The atomic weight of copper is less than that of silver. If you have a 10 g sample of each of these metals, which of the following is true?
A) You have fewer of atoms of copper than of silver. B) You have equal numbers of atoms of copper and silver. C) You have more atoms of copper than of silver. D) There is insufficient information to determine which of the above is true.
Low-pressure systems tend to form where ____
a. a warm air mass is expanding b. a cold air mass is being forced to collide with a warm air mass c. a warm air mass is being forced to collide with a cold air mass d. warm air and cold air are moving parallel in the same direction e. warm air and cold air are moving in parallel but opposite directions
On January 12, 2010, the country of Haiti was rocked by a violent M 7.0 earthquake. This quake caused widespread devastation and resulted in the death of over 300,000 people
A month later, an M 8.8 earthquake rocked central Chile, where over 80 percent of the country's population was concentrated. However, only 525 people were reported dead for this disaster. Why would Chile's earthquake, with a higher magnitude, have a lower death toll than Haiti's earthquake? What will be an ideal response?