The San Andreas Fault in California and the Alpine Fault in New Zealand are examples of ________
A) strike-slip faults B) normal faults
C) thrust faults D) oblique-slip normal faults
A
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A population pyramid with a wide base and a narrow peak is characteristic of what kind of growth rate?
A) slow growth B) zero growth C) rapid growth D) negative growth E) It is impossible to tell the growth rate based on the shape of a population pyramid.
Karst topography was named for:
a. 19th century geographer, Alfred Karst. b. a city in Romania. c. a UNESCO world heritage site. d. the Chinese word for solution. e. a region in Croatia.
Which of the following is the smallest grain size category for clastic particles?
a. sand b. gravel c. silt d. regolith e. clay
Environmental science primarily focuses on any of the following except ________.
A). air pollution B). water use C). sustainable development D). mineral classification