Which of the following is an example of an oceanic-continental convergent plate boundary?
A) Aleutian Islands
B) Andes Mountains
C) Himalaya Mountains
D) Mendocino Fault
E) San Andreas Fault
B
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Around the world, most major cities are situated ________
A) on the more northern continents B) near mountains, usually in a valley C) at elevations above 500 m. D) along rivers, oceans, roads, or train routes E) in agricultural areas
Which of the following plate boundaries is not usually associated with volcanism?
A) Convergent B) Divergent C) Transform
A general term for a mass of perennial ice, resting on land or floating in the sea attached to a landmass is
A) the snowline. B) an iceberg. C) a glacier. D) a moraine.
Continental polar (cP) and continental Arctic (cA) air masses
a. ?both originate over polar oceans. b. ?form in summer only. c. ?originate over the ice- and snow-covered regions of the Arctic, northern Canada, and Alaska where long, clear nights allow for strong radiational cooling of the surface. d. ?bring strong thunderstorms. e. ?produce wet weather and temperatures around the freezing point.