Explain the ways in which alluvial fans and deltas are similar. What will be an ideal response?


Both are deposited by running water that abruptly encounters a dramatic reduction in velocity, and
both spread laterally as a fan-shaped deposit.

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A) rely on reflection and scattering. B) requires ice crystals with a specific spatial orientation. C) does not show a color spectrum. D) are found 35 degrees or more from the Sun. E) always occur in pairs.

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The separation of colors caused by light refracting through a prism is called ____________________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Which of the following region would you expect to have the highest levels of seawater salinity?

A) subtropical oceans B) polar oceans. C) equatorial oceans D) midlatitude oceans E) subarctic oceans

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Process of liquefaction and gasification results in a cleaner burning coal.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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