The giant batholiths of the Sierra, Idaho, and Coast Range were emplaced during the:a

Sevier orogeny.
b. Nevadan orogeny.
c. Sonoma orogeny.
d. Laramide orogeny.
e. Allegheny orogeny


B

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a) Technology and the science behind it are often presented to us as final, inevitable, unchangeable structures. b) We do have control over technology even as it has control over us. c) Human decisions are behind which technologies to build and scientific questions to ask, and which not. d) All of the above.

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Scientists distinguish between situations that are merely correlated and those that are correlated and show

A. relationships.
B. cause-and-relation.
C. cause-and-effect relationships.
D. None of these are correct.

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The hydrologic cycle

What will be an ideal response?

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An ecosystem is an example of a(n) _______________ system, because energy and matter are freely exchanged at its boundaries

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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