A ________ is a lake occupying a bedrock depression excavated by a glacier.

A. tarn
B. kettle
C. blowout
D. monadnock
E. pothole


Answer: A

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a. diverging. b. converging. c. blowing straight from west to east. d. increasing in speed uniformly over a broad area. e. blowing from north to south.

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The spill of cyanide into the Tisza and Danube Rivers in 2000 could have been prevented if

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The polar front theory was developed by the famous explorer Magellan in the 1500s

a. true b. false

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The systematic under- or over-prediction of weather phenomena is called ________

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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