The asthenosphere lies in the:

a. inner and outer core
b. mantle and crust
c. crust only
d. mantle only


d

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a. True b. False

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A. shoreline of a lake B. heating next to a magma C. deep seafloor D. beside glaciers E. river channels

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Which of these is the most important cause of the increase in atmospheric CO2?

A) decaying vegetation B) deforestation C) cattle D) wetlands and swamps E) burning of coal and petroleum

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Most caverns are created when rock is eroded:

a. just below the water table. b. in the intermediate zone. c. in the zone of aeration. d. in an aquiclude. e. by infiltration.

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