A land/sea breeze, a mountain/valley breeze, and a lake breeze are examples of which of the following?
A. thermal circulations
B. mechanical circulations
C. atmospheric longwave circulations
D. atmospheric vertical circulations
Answer: A
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Which one of the following statements is true for an artesian aquifer?
A) Upward flow from a permeable aquitard is prevented by a confining aquifer. B) In deep, stream-cut valleys, many springs are fed from artesian aquifers. C) The pressure at any point in the aquifer is considerably less than the weight of the water column between the point and the top of the aquifer. D) The water table in the recharge area is at a higher elevation than the top of the aquifer in the subsurface.
How does the strength of continental crust vary with depth?
A. Rocks systematically get stronger from the surface to deep in the crust. B. Rocks become stronger with depth and then get weaker deep in the crust. C. Rocks systematically get weaker from the surface to deep in the crust. D. Rocks weaken with depth and then get stronger deep in the crust.
Large-scale migration occurred in South Asia after 1947 primarily because of the
A) boat people. B) communist victory. C) failure of the monsoon rains. D) separation of religious groups. E) new mobility provided by railway construction.
When social structures are rearranged and reconsidered, they can help heal the splits in our social ecological communities. In the book, this process is termed:
a) social reconstitution. b) conscious consumption. c) anthropocentric environmentalism. d) normal environmentalism.