The shallow, sloped area close to the shore of a lake that tends to be dominated by rooted plants is the ________
A) thermocline B) aphotic zone C) littoral zone D) benthic zone E) halocline
Answer: C
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If you were to increase the pressure of a gas above a liquid (such as by pressing a piston above a liquid) what happens?
A) The gas is forced into solution and the solubility increases. B) The solution is compressed and the gas is forced out of the solvent. C) The pressure goes down and the gas moves out of the solvent. D) The pressure goes down and the gas goes into the solvent. E) The amount of gas in the solution would stay the same.
What term refers to an episode of mountain building involving deformation—usually accompanied by igneous
activity, metamorphism, and crustal thickening? a. stratigraphy b. accretion c. bonding d. ridge push e. orogeny
Dark-light couplets of sedimentary laminations representing an annual deposit in a glacial lake are
____________________. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
A(n) ________ is defined as a cataclysmic, explosive death of a star
A) supernova B) accretion C) planetesimal D) condensation