A ________, characteristic of the contemporary North American rural landscape, is characterized by farmers living on individual farms isolated from neighbors rather than alongside other farmers in settlements

A) clustered rural settlement
B) dispersed rural settlement
C) clustered linear rural settlement
D) clustered circular rural settlement
E) main street settlement


Answer: B

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When it is January and winter in the Northern Hemisphere, it is ____ in the Southern Hemisphere

A) January and summer B) January and winter C) July and winter D) July and summer

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________ is a supermassive black hole sitting in the galatic center of the Milky Way

A) Sagittarius A B) The Orion Spur C) Messier 31 D) Centaurus A

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Scientists use the magnetic dip, or inclination, of magnetic minerals in lava flows to determine ________.

A. the distance to the North magnetic pole at the time the flow formed B. the exact mineral content of the igneous rock created C. the strength of the magnetic field at the time the flow formed D. the numeric age of the lava flow

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