What has a large impact on the heights and patterns of tides?

a. climate
b. gravity
c. wavelength
d. basin topography
e. weather


d

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A) An island arc B) Magma produced as the mantles rise up C) Melting of the subducting plate D) Lower topography than surrounding seafloor E) Continental rift

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What is the annual probability that a 100 year flood will occur on a stream?

A. 1% B. 10% C. 100% D. No way to know

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Which of the following best describes why snow avalanches occur?

A. low temperatures followed by warmer weather B. loose, non-cohesive snowpack C. melting at the contact between the snow and underlying earth material D. high winds and drifting snow E. loss of friction along weak layers within a snowpack

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Totality during a solar eclipse is not totally dark because

A) most of the Earth is basking in sunlight. B) of light from the solar corona. C) the Moon is smaller than the Sun. D) the line between umbra and penumbra is not sharp. E) the Moon is directly in front of the Sun.

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