In areas of permafrost, a common type of slow mass wasting that involves the flowing of saturated soil is ____________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
solifluction
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What is the political status of Puerto Rico?
A) It is a possession of the United States, but its residents are not U.S. citizens. B) It is a colony of Spain. C) It is a commonwealth of the U.S. and its residents can move freely to the U.S. mainland. D) It is a state of the Republic of the Greater Antilles. E) It is an independent country.
A gradient of 0.037 implies that
A) the slope will drop by 37 meters or feet or inches for every 1000 meters or feet or inches of horizontal distance. B) there are 0.037 times as many index contours as there are other contours on the map. C) the slope is steeper than another location with a gradient of 0.040. D) topographic map or shaded-relief map cannot be constructed for the area because the gradient is too small.
Which of the following was NOT discussed in the opening two-page spread of the Energy and Matter chapter?
Base the following questions on the climographs and insolation graphs below. Letters represent a location where the climograph and insolation graph were recorded.
A) Sunlight
B) Tropical regions
C) Clouds
D) Seasons
E) All of these choices are correct
________ of all banks in the U.S. own ________ of all bank assets
A) 10%; 40% B) 2%; 50% C) 50%; 75% D) 6%; 25% E) 2%; 75%