What is the average rate of uplift of the Andes Mountains?
A) 3.3 mm/year
B) 5 mm/year
C) 7 mm/year
D) 12 mm/year
Answer: B
You might also like to view...
What events caused so much damage along the north coast of Venezuela in 1999?
A) A landslide shook loose a large piece of the mountains that caused the water in the reservoir to flood local towns. B) Torrential rains caused debris flows and flash floods that raced through cities. C) The slow movement of slopes downhill broke apart houses but did not kill any people. D) Overgrazing caused a loss of grass cover and resulted in severe soil erosion.
Why has the CO2 level of the atmosphere been increasing for the past 200 years?
What will be an ideal response?
There has been legislation designed to encourage protection of wetlands, but funding has been greatly reduced, because ________.
a. the ecosystem services of wetlands has been ignored b. there has been no funding available for any federal projects c. green taxes have been opposed by state governments d. wetlands have little or no economic value e. a system of green taxes is already in place to fund the needed work
Autotrophs use _________ as a carbon source.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).