The difference between subsidence and hydrocompaction is that, in subsidence,:
a. only silt and sand-size materials are susceptible
b. the collapse occurs during wetting
c. the soil collapses into a subsurface void or densifies due to removal of fluid
d. the soil expands and contracts seasonally
c
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Bottom trawling, which disturbs sediments, is more devastating to ocean environments than bycatch
a. True b. False
What is transmigration?
A) a migration of refugees from one nation to another. B) a long period of migration stagnation, when a nation's population remains in one region for a significantly long period of time. C) a government-implemented policy forbidding emigration from a nation in any form. D) the forced movement of certain citizens to concentration camps. E) the relocation of a nation's population from one location to another within its national territory.
Which of the following scientists did not win a Nobel Prize for work on DNA?
A) F. Crick B) R. Franklin C) J. Watson D) M. Wilkens