What are terraces and what do they tell us about the past?

What will be an ideal response?


Terraces are step-and-bench landforms alongside and above a river channel. Soils on the terrace top lie on bedload deposits, revealing the presence of an ancient channel that was higher in elevation than its current position.

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A) national and state level B) state and municipal level C) municipal and city level D) individual neighborhood level E) all of the above

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An organism such as a fish whose body temperature is nearly the same as the environment is referred to as ________

A) homeothermic B) warm-blooded C) poikilothermic D) endothermic

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The mass extinction at the Permian-Triassic transition definitely resulted from meteorite impact

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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If you fish for trout, you would be most likely to seek out which part of a stream?

A. source zone B. benthic zone C. transition zone D. floodplain zone E. profundal zone

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