What is the fate of the largest proportion of plastic pollution that enters the oceans each year?
A) Eaten by marine animals
B) Encrusted by marine life
C) Remains floating at sea
D) Sinks to the sea floor
E) Washes up on the beach
C
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
What factor causes the majority of flooding to most midwestern rivers (e.g., Ohio River)?
A. long term rainfall B. structural failures of dams C. rapid snow melt D. brief, heavy storms
If you observe a nonconformity, you would infer that the region had experienced ________
A) intrusion of igneous rocks into a depositional setting, forcing the sedimentary layers upward and possibly deforming them, followed by subsidence of the remaining sedimentary layers and renewed deposition B) deposition in shallow water, uplift or lowering of sea level enough to expose the rocks to erosion and non-deposition for a period of time, and subsequent resubmergence of the remaining sedimentary units where they experience new deposition C) deposition of sedimentary layers on crystalline igneous or metamorphic rocks that are exposed at the surface of the earth D) uplift and tilting of sedimentary units that exposes them to erosion over a period of time with subsequent renewed deposition