A ________ is described as the elapsed time between the passage of successive wave troughs past a stationary point
A) wave drop
B) wavelength
C) wave period
D) wave height
Answer: C
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Fluvial is a term referring to
a. glaciers and glacial deposits. b. waves and wave deposits. c. turbidity currents and turbidites. d. river activity and river deposits. e. chemical processes and evaporites.
The northern supercontinent consisted of:
a. North America, Europe, Asia, India, and Greenland. b. North America, Greenland, and Europe. c. North America, Europe, Asia, and India. d. North America, Greenland, Asia, and India. e. North America, Europe, Asia, and Greenland.
When air within a cloud begins to sink, it
A) cools at the dry adiabatic lapse rate B) warms at the dry adiabatic lapse rate C) cools at the saturated adiabatic lapse rate D) warms at the saturated adiabatic lapse rate
If erosion and deposition occur at the same rate, how can we best describe the particles of sediment on a streambed?
A. Only very small particles will be present along the stream bottom. B. Pebbles and cobbles carried away are replaced by the same number of smaller particles. C. As the sediment moves downstream, it is replaced by a similar volume of sediment. D. Particles neither move in, nor move out of this part of the stream.