On which Japanese-controlled island does the United States maintain several military bases?

A) Okinawa
B) Hokkaido
C) Kuril Islands
D) Taiwan
E) Senkaku/Diaoyu


A) Okinawa

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A) it was a false observation; the quarrymen in those days couldn't measure resistance, and it just seemed easier to wedge blocks of this type B) chemical weathering of granite makes the material expand, pulling it away from the underlying rock C) uplift and exhumation of granites produces an unloading, which produces sheeting joints like the quarrymen used D) frost wedging for hundreds of thousands to millions of years have produced cracks parallel to the ground surface

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A) cephalins B) lecithins C) phosphatidylinositols D) all of these

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Condensation and precipitation are synonymous in that the first invariably results in the latter

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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There is more gold in 1 km3 of the ocean than the amount of gold mined in all of recorded history. How come we do not mine the oceans?

A) It is too dilute to separate. B) It would take too much energy. C) It would cost too much. D) all of the above E) none of the above

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