Explain why and give two examples of how climate is more effective in determining soil type than is
parent rock type. What will be an ideal response?
Laterites are the product of intense and continual leaching of organic material and all but the most
stable elements from soils. This can occur only in warm and humid climates. Pedocals are the product
of accumulation of Ca- and Na-rich material in soils, a phenomenon that can be sustained only in the
absence of abundant water and the presence of intense evaporation.
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The higher the gas pressure builds in a magma,
A) the more explosive the eruption. B) the less explosive the eruption. C) the longer the lava will flow. D) the shorter the lava will flow.
For the same discharge, gradient, and channel cross-section, a stream with a boulder-strewn bed would be more turbulent than one with a sandy bed.
a. true b. false
The speed of a surface gravity wave is described by the ________.
A. wavelength divided by wave period B. square of the depth C. Earth's gravity D. wavelength times the period E. wave period divided by wavelength
Explain the formation of sand dunes
What will be an ideal response?