The black sand beaches in Hawaii are comprised of ________

A) ground up bottle and other debris placed there by Hawaii tourist bureaus. There is not natural sand in Hawaii because there is no quartz
B) fragments of black coral
C) fragments of obsidian glass
D) fragments of basaltic volcanic rock


D

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Large raindrops fall __________ than smaller raindrops, and have a __________ terminal

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