The law of conservation of matter states that

a. Atoms can be created.
b. Atoms can be destroyed.
c. Atoms cannot be created or destroyed.
d. Atoms can be destroyed if we compost them.
e. Atoms can be created through nuclear fission.


C

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The fossil bird Archaeopteryx

A) suggests that birds and dinosaurs were designed to fit into different kinds of habitats and then placed there. B) had feathers, but not wings. C) is not a remnant of a living organism, but just an unusual rock formation. D) has characteristics that support the hypothesis that birds evolved from dinosaur ancestors.

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Which of the following is true of oil?

A) Oil was not produced in the United States until the middle of the twentieth century B) Oil was a minor resource until the diffusion of motor vehicles early in the 1900s C) Oil was discovered by Baron von Drusenberg of Austria in the later eighteenth century D) Libya has the world's largest proven oil deposits E) The United States imports about 5 percent of the total annual oil it consumes

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The ecological economic paradigm places the greatest emphasis on the

A) amount and quality of capital available to industry. B) abundance of well-trained, well-educated labor that is available. C) essential functions of the natural environment. D) public's understanding of the natural environment.

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Submarine canyons in the continental slope are eroded by

A. turbidity currents. B. glaciers. C. rivers.

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