Approximately how much more energy is released in a 6.5 Richter magnitude earthquake than in one with a Richter magnitude of 5.5?
A) 30 times B) 100 times C) 10 times D) 900 times
A
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What are the areas of greatest net primary production on the map?
A. forests B. the Arctic C. deserts D. oceans E. islands
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Non-condensing GHGs are of greatest concern because they
A) take many decades to be removed from the atmosphere. B) deplete stratospheric ozone. C) react very quickly with other atmospheric gases. D) react with one another to produce even more potent GHGs.
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A large, complex mass wasting event that is difficult to classify is often called a ____
a. ground tsunami b. landwave c. landslide d. landflow
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