Brine water may result from

A) stagnation of water in a floodplain swamp. B) high evapotranspiration rates.
C) heavy rainfall and low temperatures. D) the influx of river water into the ocean.


B

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a. It creates high levels of carbon dioxide emissions. b. There is a high environmental impact from flooding land to form a reservoir. c. The cost of electricity produced from hydropower is lower than electricity produced from other sources. d. It has a moderate to high net energy. e. It is largely unavailable in the United States

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The shorter food chains of coastal and upwelling areas generally are more efficient than longer open-ocean food chains.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Most stream valleys have a V shaped cross section because ________

A) mass wasting of weathered rocks on the slope maintain an angle of repose slope. B) vegetation on the slopes forces this profile. C) water washing down the slope makes straight channels. D) none of the above

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Which of the following was not offered as evidence to support Alfred Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift?

A) Lack of oceanic ridges that would indicate sea floor spreading B) The "jigsaw puzzle" shape of the continents C) Similar rock assemblages on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean D) Matching fossils of species on now separated continents

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