Geologists believe that a new ocean basin is forming ____
A) at the East African Rift Valley
B) in the Mediterranean Sea
C) along the divergent boundary between India and Asia
D) along the boundary between the Nazca Plate and the South American Plate
A
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Recent opinion polls in the U.S. indicate waning public support for strict protection of environmental quality.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
A heavy boulder drops onto mud and plows down a certain distance. If it hits the mud with three times as much speed, the plowing distance into the mud is about
A. twice as deep. B. three times as deep. C. more than three times as deep. D. the same distance.
What is the development of similar characteristics in distantly related organisms called?
a. analogous evolution b. divergent evolution c. homologous evolution d. convergent evolution e. parallel evolution
Wave erosion of headlands produces ________, steep slopes that retreat inland by mass wasting as wave erosion undercuts them.
A. coastal straightening B. sea caves C. barrier islands D. baymouth bars E. sea cliffs