Explain how soil is an interaction between the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and lithosphere
Soils develop within the lithosphere, which provides the parent material. Weathering occurs via the atmosphere and hydrosphere, which also combine to enable life, the biosphere, which enables and further shapes soil formation.
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The place where an earthquake begins is called its ____.
A. liquefaction B. focus C. magnitude D. amplitude E. fault
Mt. Rainier in Washington State is often thought to be the most hazardous volcano in the lower 48 states of the United States because ________
A) large amounts of glacial ice on the mountain could be melted by even a small eruption, potentially generating dangerous lahars that would travel rapidly down river valleys to heavily populated areas B) the volcano is close enough to Seattle and Tacoma, Washington that a large explosive eruption could bury the cities in a large rock avalanche similar to the Mt. St. Helens eruption C) it is close enough to Seattle and Tacoma, Washington that these cities could be destroyed in a pyroclastic flow D) The statement is false; the volcano poses little hazard to humans except for the few who live close to the volcano.
Transportation efficiency refers specifically to ________
A) employing more hybrid vehicle technology B) increasing fuel conservation measures C) using carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology D) employing more renewable fuels E) improving fuel efficiency in electric power plants
Coal strip mines can be difficult to revegetate because of the acidity resulting from weathering of sulfur in spoils.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)