Mt. Rainier in Washington State is often thought to be the most hazardous volcano in the lower 48 states of the United States because ________
A) large amounts of glacial ice on the mountain could be melted by even a small eruption, potentially generating dangerous lahars that would travel rapidly down river valleys to heavily populated areas
B) the volcano is close enough to Seattle and Tacoma, Washington that a large explosive eruption could bury the cities in a large rock avalanche similar to the Mt. St. Helens eruption
C) it is close enough to Seattle and Tacoma, Washington that these cities could be destroyed in a pyroclastic flow
D) The statement is false; the volcano poses little hazard to humans except for the few who live close to the volcano.
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The outer bank of a meander in a meandering stream is called the ____________________, where
(erosion/deposition) ____________________ takes place. The deposit on the opposite side of the channel is called the ____________________, which is where (erosion/deposition) ____________________ occurs. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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