The shifting of tectonic plates can cause ____________________

Fill in the blanks with correct word


earthquakes

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The sail-like fin on the backs of the pelycosaur did NOT function as a ____

a. sexual display b. means of locomotion c. means of protection d. means to look more ferocious

e. thermoregulatory structure

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The Sonoma orogeny was the result of suturing of a volcanic island arc system onto the west

coast of North America. Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Can you show the entire Earth on a single gnomonic projection? If not, why not?

Figure 4.5a shows Earth on a planar projection, in which the globe is projected onto a plane. This is a gnomonic projection and is generated by projecting a light source at the center of a globe onto a plane that is tangent to (touching) the globe’s surface. The resulting increasingly severe distortion as distance increases from the standard point prevents showing a full hemisphere on one projection.


Figure 4.5 (a) Gnomonic/planar projection

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On the average, the tropopause is highest above the surface over the ______.

A - arctic circle B - North Pole C - Antarctic circle D - South Pole E - equator

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