Though occupying only 7% of the world's total land area, tropical rain forests account for approximately 50% of Earth's species and about half of its remaining forests
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
TRUE
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Why do meteorites on Earth's surface have glazed and blackened outer crusts?
A. Meteorites are commonly burned during forest fires. B. The outer surface formed as it melted from the heat of friction during their meteoric phase. C. The outer crust forms as the meteorites chemically weather. D. The outer layer was burned and formed by solar winds in space. E. Bacteria, drawn to the organic compounds, form the outer crust as they die.
Henry David Thoreau
A) founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. B) stressed man's domination over nature. C) denounced Gifford Pinchot and transcendentalism. D) is often credited as the originator of U.S. ecological philosophy. E) was Amish.
Why doesn't the uranium ore in mines spontaneously explode?
What will be an ideal response?
Planar slides typically occur along bedding planes, foliation, or joint planes oriented ________ to the slope
A) perpendicular B) parallel C) normal D) adjacent