A(n) ________ fault has little or no vertical movements of the two blocks
A) stick slip B) dip slip C) oblique slip D) strike slip
D
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Examine this map showing the age of the crust in Africa and South America, and the position of ancient mountain belts (areas where mountain ranges used to exist but have since been eroded down to their roots)
This information was not available to Alfred Wegener. Would he find it consistent with the idea of continental drift, or would it prove his idea wrong? Explain. What will be an ideal response?
Tornadoes contain extreme pressure gradients. They are thought to be on the order of ________ millibars from the outside to the inside of the storm
A) 10 B) 100 C) 1,000 D) 10,000 E) 100,000
Since the Clean Water Act of 1972, the quantities of nitrate and phosphate entering surface waters have
A. essentially remained the same. B. have decreased for point sources but not nonpoint sources. C. decreased significantly for both point and nonpoint sources. D. have decreased for nonpoint sources but not point sources.
Specially-designed fire shelters provide firefighters with limited protection for what length of time under moderate fire conditions?
a. 10 minutes b. 15 minutes c. 20 minutes d. 30 minutes e. about an hour