Digging downward through a soil profile, how deep would you have to go before you found recognizable fragments of the parent rock for the soil?

A) A B) B C) C D) E


B

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The driving force of all hurricanes is

A) the release of latent heat. B) the subtropical jet stream. C) the Coriolis force. D) the polar jet stream.

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Maximum latitude is reached at the:

a. prime meridian b. North and South Poles c. Tropics of Capricorn and Cancer d. equator

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Cinder cones are composed primarily of

A. blocky lava flows and lahar deposits. B. ejected fragments of vesicular lava. C. pahoehoe and/or aa. D. volcanic ash.

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