________ can occur when water-saturated soil turns from a solid to a liquid as a result of an earthquake.
A. Liquefaction
B. Solifluction
C. Soil collapse
D. Gelatinization
E. Creep
Answer: A
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A. natural selection. B. mutation pressure. C. genetic drift. D. gene flow.
Which type of plate boundary is least likely to contain volcanoes?
a. oceanic-continental b. divergent c. convergent d. transform e. subduction
List three rock types in the fluvial lytle formation as shown by the lithologic symbols ______
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Persistent pollutants tend to accumulate in polar regions because
A. they are more stable at lower temperatures. B. ionic effects move them toward the poles. C. they evaporate in warm areas and condense in cold areas. D. there are no crops to absorb them there.