Name at least three reasons explaining why the Great Lakes suffer from water pollution.

What will be an ideal response?


1. Low flow rate - only 1% of the lake's water flows out via the St. Lawrence River each year.2. Invasive species.3. Untreated sewage.4. Point- source pollution (industrial pollution)5. Non-point source pollution (runoff, atmospheric deposition of pesticides).

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The U.S. Census Bureau offers KML files of nation-based and state-based boundaries for download. What is the main application of these files?

What will be an ideal response?

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The continental crust of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska are much different from the rest of the United States. What process would account for these varied differences?

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A ________ is a geographic low, which marks the location where oceanic lithosphere descends into the mantle

A) fold and thrust mountain B) deep-ocean trench C) seismic zone D) mid-ocean rift

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In terms of food chains, which of the following is a producer?

A. grass B. giraffe C. beetle D. salmon

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