The Amazon has the greatest discharge in the world. Which river has the second greatest discharge?
A) The Missouri
B) The Congo
C) The Ob
D) The Nile
E) The Hudson
Answer: B
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The type of plate boundary can be determined by evaluating the depths of earthquakes. What seismic trend would occur at ocean-continent convergent boundaries?
A) ?The depth of earthquakes would increase as you move from oceanic crust toward continental crust. B) ?The depth of earthquakes could decrease as you move from oceanic crust toward continental crust. C) ?Earthquake depths would remain constant as you move from oceanic crust to continental crust. D) ?Only shallow earthquakes would occur along ocean-continent convergent boundaries.
During the next magnetic reversal, the magnetic force field surrounding Earth will shift by about ________.
A. 360° B. 45° C. 180° D. 90° E. 270°
Erosion of the Taconic Highlands resulted in the development of a/an ______________called the
______________. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
What occurs at mid-ocean ridges?
A. oceanic crust is created B. continental crust is created C. continental crust is destroyed D. oceanic crust is destroyed E. all crust is destroyed by magma