what phrase does not fit
A. transform fault
B. San Andreas Fault
C. oceanic transform fault
D. Mendocino Fracture Zone
E. Mariana Trench
E. Mariana Trench
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Phytoremediation
A. involves using natural or genetically engineered plants to absorb pollutants from soil and water. B. results in the production of high-level hazardous wastes. C. involves a faster and more efficient approach to waste management D. is accepted as the best method of dealing with hazardous wastes. E. is currently in widespread use in large urban areas.
Which of the following terms refers to a tornado-like event that forms over water?
A. It is the level of the troposphere where the temperature is 0°C. B. It marks the height of the cloud base of a thunderstorm. C. It is the level where the anvil head of a cumulonimbus cloud forms. D. It is the level where entrainment begins.
The location of Washington, D.C. as the U.S. capital was made possible by a compromise between northern and southern states in 1790. What decision was analogous in Australia?
A. Melbourne and Sydney were competing to be the the national capital, so they built the new capital, Canberra, halfway between the two. B. Since Australia's population is evenly split between southeast and southwest coasts, Adelaide on the south coast was made the capital. C. White Australia's wanted an English name for the capital, but aborigines wanted an indigenous name, so the compromise was Canberra, which means "meeting place." D. Canberra's layout was designed by Chicago architects Walter Burly Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin.
In the U.S., which of the following produce(s) the largest amount of unregulated hazardous waste?
A) industry B) households C) agriculture D) military E) utilities