What type of tectonic setting is responsible for New Zealand’s Taupo Volcanic Zone?
a. Oceanic Hot Spot
b. Continental Hot Spot
c. Oceanic-Continental Subduction Zone
d. Oceanic-Oceanic Subduction Zone
e. Mid-ocean Ridge
D
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A. fully developed warm front B. cut-off cyclone C. occluded cyclone D. open wave
At constant temperature the pressure on a 10.0 L sample of gas is changed from 1.00 atm to 1140 torr. What is the new volume of the gas sample?
A) 0.00877 L B) 6.67 L C) 15.0 L D) 114 L
According to Hadley, the most important factor causing circulation patterns in the atmosphere was:
A) subsidence. B) equator-pole temperature contrast. C) convection. D) high-low pressure distribution.
What caused our solar nebula to contract and spin, eventually creating the planets?
A) Gravitational interactions between particles B) Gravitational attraction from black holes C) Nuclear fusion joining atomic particles D) Solar winds from nearby stars