During the Late Paleozoic, the southern part of Pangaea was distinguished by ____ climate conditions
a. arid
b. tropical
c. arctic
d. temperate
e. tundra
a
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What are the basic differences between the disciplines of physical and historical geology?
A) Physical geology involves the study of rock strata, fossils, and deposition in relation to plate movements in the geologic past; historical geology charts how and where the plates were moving in the past. B) Physical geology is the study of fossils and sequences of rock strata; historical geology is the study of how rocks and minerals were used in the past. C) Historical geology involves the study of rock strata, fossils, and geologic events, utilizing the geologic time scale as a reference; physical geology includes the study of how rocks form and of how erosion shapes the land surface. D) None of the above—physical geology and historical geology are essentially the same.
Tropical storms are classified according to their maximum ___________
a) sustained wind speed b) sustained rainfall c) intense pressures d) damages e) injuries
Which of the following is a TRUE statement?
a. Energy and matter flow in one direction only. b. Energy and matter both cycle repeatedly. c. Energy flows in one direction, while matter recycles. d. Matter flows in one direction, while energy recycles.
What was first created in an effort to claim the resources of the continental shelf as belonging to the nation to which it
was attached? a. The Marine Mammal Protection Act b. The Law of the Sea c. The International Whaling Commission d. The National Marine Fisheries Service e. U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone