Sometimes referred to as the "Third Pole" the Tibetan Plateau is home to some 18,000 glaciers. It is predicted that over half of these glaciers will have melted by 2050

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The first sign of a tsunami's approach is a rapid retreat of water from the shoreline

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A ridge of material deposited at the end of a glacier is

A) a lateral moraine. B) a terminal moraine. C) an outwash plain. D) an accumulation zone.

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An object that radiates more energy than it absorbs will ____

A) become colder B) become warmer C) maintain the same temperature D) reach radiative equilibrium

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The U.S. National Academy of Sciences estimates that 13 ________ pounds of litter enters the world's oceans each year

A) hundred B) thousand C) million D) billion E) trillion

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