The movement of tectonic plates can best be described ______________.

-colliding
-subsiding
-sliding parallel to each other
-sliding away from each other
-all of these are correct


-all of these are correct

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South Africa remained isolated from the global economic system until the 1990s because of its policy of _______________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Explain how the American climatologist, C. Warren Thornthwaite, devised a classification system to correct some of the deficiencies in the Köppen classification system

What will be the ideal response?

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Gases in the atmosphere vary in their ability to absorb shortwave and longwave radiation. Which of the following contributes the most to heating of a clear (cloud free) sky?

A) water vapor B) ozone C) carbon dioxide D) oxygen E) hydrogen

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Krummholz can be useful to physical geographers trying to understand the environment because

A) they indicate that there is a soil water deficit where they exist. B) their branches reveal the prevailing wind direction. C) they are a useful indication that the biome is a temperate forest. D) they are almost always found atop sandstone-based parent material.

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