What is a primary reason an increase in glaciers on land would cause sea level to fall?
A. an increase in snow cover causes the atmosphere to heat up which causes more evaporation
B. glaciers depress the land surface, which pulls sea level down with it
C. because the temperature of the oceans decreases from cold glacial streams
D. glaciers tie up large volumes of water that would otherwise be in the sea
Answer: D
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A) globalization is dangerously unstable. B) globalization will lead to the use of nuclear weapons. C) globalization is not a "natural" process. D) globalization is a policy promoted by free-trade advocates, capitalist countries, and multinational firms, all of which benefit from the process. E) policies of globalization increase the differences between rich and poor in the world.
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What will be an ideal response?
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A) Bosnia & Herzegovina today is a very unstable country. B) Croats face daily discrimination. C) ethnic cleansing removed many Bosnian Muslims. D) Bosnians and Croats united against Serbs. E) the greatest conflict was over Kosovo, which is now independent.
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A) hydrogen B) nitrogen C) methane D) carbon monoxide E) oxygen