Which orogeny is largely responsible for creating the modern Rocky Mountains?
A) Nevadan Orogeny
B) Taconic Orogeny
C) Laramide Orogeny
D) Alleghanian Orogeny
Answer: C
You might also like to view...
The judicial branch of the U.S. federal government is important for environmental policy because ________
A) it enforces federal laws B) it determines the constitutionality of laws C) it is responsible for making laws D) it regulates administrative agencies
We lose 5 to 7 million hectares of productive cropland per year to ________
A) soil conservation efforts B) forest replanting and regeneration C) recreational land use D) soil degradation E) abandonment, feralization, and other factors
What is an argument against the use of high discount rates?
A. Inflation can reduce the value of future earnings on a resource. B. Consumer preferences can make a product or resource obsolete. C. Resource owners can make more money by investing their capital in some other venture. D. High discount rates can encourage rapid exploitation of resources for immediate payoffs. E. High discount rates do not provide resource owners with reasonable with any monetary returns.
Folds and reverse faults in a mountain belt suggest
A. deep-water deposition of the sediment B. crustal shortening C. tensional stress D. All of these choices are correct.