A tornado blows walls from homes. The likely EF categorization of the tornado producing this damage is
A. EF3.
B. EF4.
C. EF2.
D. EF1.
Answer: A
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The air temperature is 40°F. The wind is blowing 20 miles per hour. Which of the following temperatures might be the effective temperature to your body under these conditions (assuming your are not wearing clothes)?
A. 30°F B. ?40°F C. 40°F D. This question cannot be answered with the information given.
The broad circulatory patterns of the major surface ocean currents are called:
a. streamlines. b. gyres. c. eddies. d. Rossby waves.
If you observe a nonconformity, you would infer that the region had experienced ________
A) intrusion of igneous rocks into a depositional setting, forcing the sedimentary layers upward and possibly deforming them, followed by subsidence of the remaining sedimentary layers and renewed deposition B) deposition in shallow water, uplift or lowering of sea level enough to expose the rocks to erosion and non-deposition for a period of time, and subsequent resubmergence of the remaining sedimentary units where they experience new deposition C) deposition of sedimentary layers on crystalline igneous or metamorphic rocks that are exposed at the surface of the earth D) uplift and tilting of sedimentary units that exposes them to erosion over a period of time with subsequent renewed deposition
A ________ occurs when convergent motion forces rocks to move upward along the fault plane
A) thrust fault B) normal fault C) strike-slip fault D) lateral fault E) shear fault