Large withdrawals of groundwater can cause compaction resulting in a sinking of the land called _____

a. subduction
b. subsidence
c. tectonism
d. percolation
e. a cone of depression


b

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A. factories B. steam engines C. nation-states D. Gothic architecture

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To calculate the physiological density of your state, you would ________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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The collision of the subcontinent of India and Asia started forming the ________ approximately 50 million years ago

A) Ural Mountains B) Mid-Atlantic Ridge C) Himalayan Mountains D) Appalachian Mountains

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The Houston-Galveston, Texas, area has been sinking due to the ________.

A. dissolution of limestones B. withdrawal of groundwater by pumping C. dissolution of a salt layer D. weight of all the high-rise buildings and houses E. emptying of a magma chamber

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