What is the difference between a floodplain and a stream terrace?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: A terrace is a former floodplain that was abandoned when the stream eroded downward to a new level.

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Identify and explain the ultimate sources of all of Earth's energy

What will be an ideal response?

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A person drinks 1.50 x 10^3 g of water, H2O, per day. How many moles is this?

A) 0.0120 B) 8.33 C) 83.3 D) 1.20 x 10^2

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The diagram on the left in box A shows the interface of solid and liquid phases of a single substance where each sphere represents a molecule of that substance. Which box, A, B, or C best represents what the molecules of this substance would look like if heat were added? Which box best represents what the molecules of this substance would look like if heat were taken away? 

A. A and B B. C and B C. A and C D. B and C

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