Continental rocks do not rift because they are too thick

Indicate whether the statement is true or false


FALSE

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Which nation in Central America has the highest percentage of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) of its GNP?


A) Panama
B) El Salvador
C) Honduras
D) Costa Rica
E) Guatemala

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Figure 11.3 shows geostrophic wind flows. Write the name of the correct hemisphere under each figure. Pick one arrow from each example and draw your own arrows to indicate the pressure-gradient force in red and the Coriolis force in blue for that figure, or colors as indicated by your professor, as shown in Figure 11.3a. Label the pressure-gradient force arrow with PGF and the Coriolis force arrow with CF.

What will be an ideal response?

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Which of the following states will most likely experience the greatest warming in the next 50 years?

A) Florida B) Hawaii C) Alaska D) Illinois

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What is the mostly likely setting for this drainage pattern? 

A. The rocks have a relatively equal resistance to erosion. B. The area has folded or faulted rocks with different resistances to erosion. C. A volcano once existed here but has been partly eroded away. D. Drainages have followed a series of fractures that branch off of one another.

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