The interiors of glaciers are made up of ice that is
A) soft and compact.
B) hard and compact.
C) soft and porous.
D) hard and porous.
Answer: B
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A) 14.4 c B) 60 c C) 51,660 c D) 861 c
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A. Water vapor has a much longer residence time in the atmosphere than CO2. B. Warming is amplified by additions of CO2that decrease the amount of water vapor that the atmosphere can hold. C. Warming is amplified by additions of CO2that increase the amount of water vapor that the atmosphere can hold. D. Lower levels of water vapor drive increases in CO2 concentrations. E. Water vapor concentrations are decreasing while CO2 concentrations are increasing.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
________ are topographic "steps" on both sides of a river valley resulting from river entrenchment into its own floodplain
A) Entrenched meanders B) Oxbow lakes C) Nickpoints D) Levees E) Alluvial terraces