In what reservoir does water reside for the longest time?
A) deep groundwater
B) the ocean
C) the biosphere
D) glaciers
A
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Based on the different crystalline structure of these two carbon minerals, how would the two minerals likely differ?
A. The minerals would have the same hardness because both contain only carbon. B. The minerals would have the same type of cleavage since both contain only carbon. C. The right mineral would have one direction of cleavage. D. The left mineral would have one direction of cleavage.
What scale predicts the potential threat posed by an asteroid impact?
A. Torino scale B. Mercalli scale C. Richter scale D. Fujita scale
Which statement below concerning hurricanes is the least correct?
a. ?They may contain tornadoes. b. ?They may contain severe thunderstorms. c. ?A hurricane moving northward over the eastern Pacific will normally survive for a longer time than one moving north over the Atlantic. d. ?A weakening hurricane can move up to middle latitudes and turn into a mid-latitude cyclone. e. ?The energy for a hurricane comes from the direct transfer of sensible heat and latent heat from the warm ocean surface.
Where rotational movement of soil is accompanied by downslope movement the feature that is observed is a
A. talus. B. solifluction. C. slump. D. scarp.