What are the consequences of wave refraction?

a. Wave energy is concentrated against sides and ends of headlands
b. Wave energy spread out in bays
c. Wave erosion straightens irregular shoreline
d. All of the above
e. both a and c


Answer: d. All of the above

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A) care is taken to make sure no poor person lives in the suburbs. B) there is no discernible urban pattern. C) the wealthy are accommodated in the outer rings, whereas the poor live near the center of cities as well as in a sector extending from the center. D) the poor are accommodated in the outer rings, whereas the wealthy live near the center of cities as well as in a sector extending from the center. E) care is taken so no poor person lives in the inner city.

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Explain the effects the historical spread of Islam had in India

What will be an ideal response?

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As chemical pesticides move through the trophic pyramid, they may be amplified at each higher level in a process called

A) competitive exclusion. B) trophic cascading. C) biomagnification. D) pyramidal decay.

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This plot shows the highest flow event that occurred each year on the Yellowstone River between 1924 and the 1990s. What is the maximum size of flood that probably can occur here?



A) Up to 8,000 cubic meters per second
B) More than 8,000 cubic meters per second and less than 9,000 cubic meters per second
C) Anything less than 9,000 cubic meters per second
D) More than 9,000 cubic meters per second is possible

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