Earthquakes occur at subduction zones, but volcanoes do not because the subducted lithosphere is pushed deep into the mantle.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
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Which of the following is not an important factor in the production of rain by the collisioncoalescence
process? a. the updrafts in the cloud b. relative size of the droplets c. the number of ice crystals in the cloud d. cloud thickness e. the electric charge of the droplets
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The shortest subdivision of the geologic time scale is the ________
A) epoch B) eon C) era D) period
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The Mauna Loa curve shows the increase of which gas through time?
a. Oxygen b. Ozone c. Nitrogen d. Carbon dioxide
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A rock that behaves in a(n) ________ manner will bend under stress and does not return to its original shape.
A. plastic B. elastic C. rubber D. brittle E. tactile
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