Salt marshes ________
A) occur mostly in temperate areas
B) occur mostly in arctic areas
C) presently have remained undisturbed by human activities
D) contain too much salt to be inhabited by many organisms
E) occur mostly in tropical areas
A
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Continental rifting is occurring today in ________
A) western California (San Andreas Fault) B) between Minnesota and Wisconsin (mid-continent rift) C) the Pacific Northwest (Cascadia subduction zone) D) Ethiopia and Kenya (East African Rift valley)
Lee-side lows are
a. storms (extratropical cyclones) that form on the eastern (lee) side of a mountain range. b. thermal lows that form due to surface heating over deserts. c. storms (tropical cyclones) that form near the Leeward Islands. d. low pressure areas that form over oceans, then move onshore of the lee side of the coastline. e. storms that form on the lee side of lakes.
Which of the following is most important to shoreline erosion?
A) Air forced into cracks in rocks B) Abrasion by water-carried materials C) Solution of rocks D) Crystallization of salts in rock crevices and pores E) Waves
Distinguish between renewable and nonrenewable groundwater resources. What are the consequences of overdrawing these two kinds of groundwater?
What will be an ideal response?