What is the name for the situation wherein metropolitan areas sprawl in all directions and suburbs take on many of the characteristics of traditional downtowns?
A) urban decentralization
B) new urbanism
C) concentric zones model
D) urban decay
E) gentrification
A) urban decentralization
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An mT air mass moving onto land in the Southeastern United States during the summer time typically becomes:
A) more stable. B) more unstable. C) saturated. D) conditionally unstable.
What is the principle underlying the Stratigraphic Record used for documenting global climate change?
a. The physical processes that operate in the modern world also operated in the past b. The nature of the sedimentary strata deposited at a certain location reflects the climate at that location c. The past climate of the Earth changed gradually over time d. None of the above
How much has CO2 varied in the Vostok record? What were the highest and lowest values? What was the range of CO2 values?
Examine Figure 18.2. The Vostok ice core is 3310 m (10,860 ft) long. The full record extends back to 422,000 years before the present. The figure shows CO2 in parts per million (ppm) and temperature anomalies in Celsius degrees. What will be an ideal response?
The landform visible in this image is a drumlin. Based on the shape of the drumlin, which direction was the ice coming from? Assume that the top of the figure is north
A) North B) South C) East D) West