What type of mass wasting results when bedrock rotates as it slides?
A. landslide
B. rock avalanche
C. talus cone
D. slump
E. mudflow
D
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A. When governments set commodity prices to make urban life easier, rural populations often suffer, leading to further migration to cities B. Even crowded, squalid living conditions in expanding Third World cities are sometimes better than what people have in the countryside C. Agricultural mechanization is a major pull factor in urbanization of developing countries D. Political instability can play a major role in urban growth E. All of these are true
What planktonic group may account for up to 80% of all the photosynthetic activity in some parts of the open ocean?
a. picoplankton b. nanoplankton c. microplankton d. mesoplankton e. megaplankton
The gradual nutrient enrichment in water bodies is known as
A) eutrophication. B) dystrophication. C) mesotrophication. D) hypereutrophication. E) oligotrophication.
When hot water is ejected from a geyser, that flow is called a(n) ________
A) travertine B) motu C) fumarole D) eruption E) tufa