Hipparchus developed our present grid system of longitude and latitude

a. True
b. False


True

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What will be an ideal response?

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Two layers of sediment resulting from one year's deposition in a glacial lake are called ________.

A. turbidites B. contourites C. ripples D. cross beds E. varves

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How would the pressure on urban soils differ from those in agricultural areas?

What will be an ideal response?

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This is the region where air flows together and rises vertically as a result of intense solar heating at the equator, often with heavy rainfall

A) Hadley Cell B) easterlies C) westerlies D) trade winds E) the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ)

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