Although large earthquakes are rare in the central and eastern United States, when they do occur they tend to be very destructive because ________.
A. the faults in that region are older and larger
B. the crust there is cool and brittle
C. they occur infrequently
D. the crust in that region is thicker
E. more people live in that region
Answer: B
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A. massed suit B. joint suit C. class action suit D. public interest suit E. activist suit
The shoreline of a standing body of water is constantly changing
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
One of the general concerns about the widespread use of transgenic organisms is the
A) spread of these transgenic traits to other organisms. B) need to apply more pesticides to crops and plow the soil twice a year. C) reduced yields that result from using bioengineered organisms. D) pressure to bring more land into agricultural production.
A group of concerned citizens was worried that their local water supply might be contaminated with naturally occurring arsenic. They decided to purchase a home arsenic monitoring kit and tested well water in their local area. After analyzing the data (shown below), the citizens wrote a letter to the editor of a local newspaper arguing that their data proved that the water supply is contaminated. They demanded immediate government action to address the problem. The local water board again tested the wells using their official water testing instruments and found average concentrations of 8.1 +/- 0.2 micrograms per liter. Assume the water board's reported measurements are the accepted value. The maximum permitted level of arsenic in water supplies is 10 micro-grams per liter. src="https://sciemce.com/media/4/ppg__1020817191133__f1q513g1.jpg" alt="" style="vertical-align: 0.0px;" height="119" width="470" /> It is later revealed that several of the citizens' samples from Well 2 were likely contaminated prior to testing, but the citizens decided to include these samples in their final data set anyway. Which characteristic of bad science does this illustrate?
A. Making use of bad statistics.
B. Attacking the scientists, not the science.
C. Confusing cause and effect.
D. Creating an argument based upon authority.