Fine-grained clays, silts and muds would always indicate a ____ environment
a. low-energy
b. high-energy
c. shoreline
d. glacial
e. barrier island
a
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a. ?one b. ?two c. ?three d. ?four e. ?five
Urban sprawl has increased society's dependence on oil and the automobile.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Floods are becoming more common primarily because
A) precipitation has increased worldwide. B) populations are more concentrated in vulnerable watersheds. C) land use has changed, altering runoff, erosion and infiltration patterns. D) the "sponge effect" of forests releases large and unpredictable amounts of water.
Dew point measures
A. the temperature at which air is saturated with water vapor. B. a percentage of how close the air is to saturation, how "humid" it feels. C. the amount of liquid water droplets in the air. D. the mass of water vapor compared to a total mass of a volume of air.