Quick clay is
A. clay that expands when wet, contracts when dry.
B. clay that forms very steep cliffs, which slide rapidly when they fall.
C. clay that is too unstable for plants to grow on.
D. a marine deposited mixture of glacially derived clay and silt weakened by infiltrating fresh water upon uplift of these sediments above sea level.
Answer: D
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Lateral sliding of plate boundaries is called ____________________ movement
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Which of these would be least likely to have a college degree in the U.S.?
A) a white male from a working-class family in Minneapolis B) an African-American female in the suburbs of Atlanta whose dad is a mechanic and whose mom is a nurse C) an African American male whose parents are doctors in Los Angeles D) a Hispanic male whose parents both work in minimum-wage jobs in urban Chicago E) a Chinese-American female whose parents own an ethnic restaurant in Bloomington, Indiana
Using duckweed in a lagoon as low-tech sewage treatment plants is an example of
A. Tertiary sewage treatment B. Extraction techniques of remediation C. Bioremediation D. A containment method of remediation E. In vitro extraction techniques