The Coriolis effect describes how moving objects on Earth appear to follow curved paths due to Earth's rotation.
a. true
b. false
Answer: a. true
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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A. Owens Valley B. Hebgen Lake C. Loma Prieta D. Fort Tejon E. San Francisco
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A) Midwest (Iowa, Minnesota) B) Northeast (New York, Pennsylvania) C) South (Alabama, Georgia) D) Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico) E) all of the above have equal amounts of incoming solar radiation
Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: Future offshore petroleum exploration will continue in the deeper waters of the continental margins BECAUSE offshore petroleum exploration has inevitable oil spills caused by
inadvertent leaks or blowouts during the drilling process. A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid. B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid. C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect. D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct. E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.