Groundwater tends to flow through bodies of rock or sediment that ________

A) are composed of dark silicate minerals
B) have a high porosity
C) have a high permeability
D) are aquitards


Answer: C

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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A. small pieces rifted apart from continents. B. places where the seafloor has been buckled upward by convergence. C. large fan-shaped mounds deposited by turbidity currents. D. constructed by volcanic eruptions probably over mantle plumes.

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Which of the following statements is FALSE about volcanoes?

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