The Hawaiian Islands formed as the Pacific Plate has moved over a(n) ____________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
hot spot
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Which of the following does not describe the process of plucking?
A. It is an erosional process. B. It occurs along the base of the glacier. C. It results in both a polishing of and striations on the surrounding rock. D. Broken pieces of rock are frozen into the glacial ice. E. Pieces of rock fall onto the top of the glacier.
Which of the following best matches the description?Nature has intrinsic value or inherent worth apart from human appropriation.
A. deep ecology B. John Muir C. development ethic D. ethics E. industrial ecology F. conservation ethic G. environmental justice H. Aldo Leopold I. preservation ethic J. Henry David Thoreau K. Ralph Waldo Emerson L. morals M. Rachel Carson
Population density in Southeast Asia
A) becomes increasingly less dense as one travels away from the Equator
B) is overwhelmingly found in coastal regions
C) tends to cluster in major river deltas on the mainland and on volcanic islands in the
insular regions
D) is significantly higher on the island of Borneo than on the island of Java
E) is uniform across the region
When a deep upper-level trough is located to the east of a surface anticyclone, in which of the following directions will the surface anticyclone tend to move?
A. northwest B. southwest C. northeast D. southeast