How do rainfall and snowmelt trigger mass movements?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Water and melting snow add lubricating moisture and weight to the sediments on a hillside. The weight increases the magnitude of the gravity driving force for slope failure.
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Use the map-view diagram of a group of tectonic plates to answer the question. Note: Not all features are shown for all boundaries.
What is the relative direction of motion for points A and D?
A. Transform B. Convergent C. Divergent
If it is 10:00 a.m. Monday in Denver (based on 105° W), what time and day is it in New York City (75° W)?
What will be an ideal response?
From the following statements and questions, which is the best example of deductive reasoning?
A. In repeated tosses of a coin, there is a 50/50 chance of each toss resulting in a "head" B. If all insects have six legs, then butterflies have six legs C. How many times will the toss of coins turn "heads-up" if 100 times toss a coin? D. Since every insect I have examined so far has six legs, I conclude that all insects must have six legs E. All of these are examples of deductive reasoning