The EPA is charged with cleaning up brownfields, which are ________
A) urban areas contaminated by acid drainage from mining
B) desert regions used for unsafe nuclear waste disposal
C) agricultural lands polluted by acid and heavy metals
D) coastal seagrass beds damaged by industrial dumping
E) lands whose reuse or development is complicated by the presence of hazardous materials
Answer: E
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A) In the Northern Hemisphere of the Western Continent
B) In the Southern Hemisphere of the Western Continent
C) Near the Polar Continent
D) None of these choices are correct
A mineral property that can be observed without using a test is
A. cleavage. B. magmatism. C. hardness. D. effervescence. E. All of these choices are correct.
A Santa Ana (or Chinook or Foehn) wind is a ________
A) very dry, warm wind flowing down a mountain slope B) wind that is common to the world's deserts C) cold, damp wind blowing off a snow field D) wind associated with a blizzard
One important relationship between chemical and mechanical weathering is ________.
a. chemical weathering can produce smaller pieces of rock b. that can then be modified by mechanical weathering c. mechanical weathering can produce smaller pieces of rock that have more surface area for chemical weathering to work on.