Which of the following best describes a floodplain?
A. an area that is incidentally flooded when farming or mining operations change the course of rivers
B. a region of land that is periodically flooded when a river overflows
C. a region of land that has been deliberately, permanently flooded due to human disturbance, such as in dam building
D. an area that is periodically flooded because humans have altered the landscape
a region of land that is periodically flooded when a river overflows
a region of land that is periodically flooded when a river overflows
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a) bedded b) stratified c) laminated d) foliated e) paginated
The invention of the steam engine paved the way for technical advances in transportation at the time of the Industrial Revolution
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The Earth, as a body, has a yearly net loss of energy at the top of the atmosphere north of ________ degrees north latitude
A) 10 B) 38 C) 56 D) 66.5 E) 90
What is NOT a valid proxy measure for past climates?
A. trends in human population B. oxygen-isotope ratios C. dendrochronology D. paleoclimatology E. fossilized pollen and coral