According to our text (Knox and Marston, 7th ed.), instantaneous global communication will ultimately conflate the distant with the near, that local events will be no more immediate than distant ones
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
FALSE
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What was a key point demonstrated by photographs in the textbook from before and after hurricanes?
A) Neighborhoods were flooded, but the houses and shorelines were unchanged. B) Most houses were buried beneath sand brought in by strong waves. C) Waves and storm surge caused erosion of beaches and destruction of houses. D) Most houses were protected by the beach sediment.
Which form of precipitation is likely to occur when a layer of warm air with temperatures above freezing overlies a subfreezing layer near the ground?
hail sleet rain snow
What is a mantle plume?
A) The magma that rises up from the mantle at a divergent plate boundary B) Material rising up from a subducting plate going through partial melting C) A form of batholith composed of ferromagnesian materials D) An upwelling of hot material from the Earth's interior that is cylindrical in shape
When a stream is in a v-shaped valley running on bedrock, the stream is ________
A) well above base level B) below base level C) at base level D) responding to a rise in base level