Compare and contrast pluvial and proglacial lakes. What will be an ideal response?
Pluvial lakes are an indirect effect of glaciation. They occur because cooler temperatures
cause increased precipitation and decreased evaporation during glacial periods. In contrast,
proglacial lakes form when meltwater collects adjacent to a glacial margin.
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Petroleum products would be classified as which resource type?
a. Renewable physical resource b. Nonrenewable physical resource c. Renewable biological resource d. Nonrenewable biological resource e. Nonrenewable ecological resource
Human utilization of coastal resources has been ________ in recent years
A) Climbing B) Staying the same C) Moderately declining D) Massively declining
As a rule, desert nights are:
a. warmer than those of humid climates of the same latitude. b. only slightly different in temperature from desert days. c. cloudier than the days, creating a marked "greenhouse effect" to slow down outward radiation. d. significantly lower in temperature than desert days.
What type of stress could form the fault in this figure?
A. horizontal compression B. horizontal tension C. confining pressure D. vertical tension E. Any of these choices are correct.