Ridges and troughs are features of the upper level wind pattern

Indicate whether the statement is true or false


TRUE

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Today, three fossil fuels provide more than 85 percent of the world's energy and more than 90 percent in relatively developed countries

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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What is a floodplain?

A. A ridge of sediment, usually sand or gravel, deposited in the middle or along the banks of a stream. B. A body of sediment deposited at the mouth of a stream when the stream's velocity decreases. C. A broad strip of land built up by sedimentation on either side of a stream channel. Covered with water during a flood. D. Step-like landforms found above a stream.

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What rock type forms oceanic plateaus? 

A. granite B. rhyolite C. basalt

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In terms of underground water, ________ is the most effective shaper of landforms

A) corrosion B) dissolution C) hydraulic power D) channelized flow E) mechanical erosion

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