The process in which wealthy people buy dilapidated buildings and rehabilitate or refurbish them for urban living is called
A. welfare
B. urbanization
C. gentrification
D. habitat
C. gentrification
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Which of the following is valid for how rocks weather?
A) Quartz is very soluble during weathering at low temperatures. B) Limestone weathers rapidly in wet climates but can form cliffs in dry ones. C) As a granite weathers, quartz rapidly decomposes into clay minerals. D) Most minerals in granite weather at nearly the same rate and so granite has smooth surfaces.
The wavelengths of radiation that an object emits depend primarily on the object's ____
A) temperature B) photons C) density D) reflective surfaces
The Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain physiographic province has which of the following characteristics?
A) Many fertile swamps and marshes B) Low, rolling hills C) Folding, uplift, and faulting D) Small mountain ranges and flat valleys
Which type of weathering is limited to arid environments?
(a) Exfoliation (b) Frost wedging (c) Hydrolysis (d) Salt crystal growth