Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill was not an environmental disaster BECAUSE as much as one-and-a-half times the amount of the spill is regularly discharged each year into U.S
waters as nonpoint source pollution from road oil and improperly disposed oil. A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
D
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Which of the following best describes the temperature of materials typically erupted from volcanoes?
A. warm to slightly hot B. extremely hot C. cool to cold
A majority of undocumented migrants to the United States come from
A) China. B) Mexico. C) Canada. D) Europe. E) Africa.
Which of the following is NOT typical of a well-planned community?
A. encouraging use of abandoned industrial sites in the city B. providing a mixture of uses in a small area (single family homes, apartments, grocery stores, pharmacies) C. providing sidewalks D. restricting commercial activities to specific areas
Give a brief overview of the carbon cycle. Include the source of carbon that enters ecosystems, how it moves through ecosystems, what it is used for, and where it is ultimately deposited
What part of this cycle is believed to contribute to global warming?