Hurricanes and thunderstorms can sometimes cause rapidly rising local floods that are short-lived but high volume. These are called:
A) rapid floods. B) 100-year floods. C) surge floods. D) flash floods.
D
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A. Newton's first law of motion B. Newton's second law of motion C. Newton's third law of motion D. centripetal force
Saturation occurs when [INSERT FIGURE 5-2B&C. REMOVE TEXT "SATURATION". NO CAPTION.]
A) the air is holding all of the water that it can B) the rate of evaporation equals the rate of condensation C) the rate of evaporation exceeds the rate of condensation D) the rate of condensation exceeds the rate of evaporation
Which of the following do developing countries specialize in?
A) raw material production and high finance B) offshore financial services and back office functions C) high finance and transportation D) transportation and manufacturing E) medical tourism and banking
A ________ is a mushroom-shaped pluton that forms by injecting magma between sedimentary strata, forcing the upper layers to arch upward
A) dike B) sill C) batholith D) laccolith