What is the distinction between the hanging wall block and the footwall block of a fault?
What will be an ideal response?
The hanging wall is the block that overlies the fault plane, and the footwall is the block that underlies
the fault plane
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Two different climates have the same amount of precipitation, but one has higher temperatures than the other. Which one has more runoff? Why?
What will be an ideal response?
What type of cleavage is illustrated in this figure? 
A. two nonperpendicular directions B. three nonperpendicular directions C. one direction D. two perpendicular directions E. three perpendicular directions
Diagram and label the three types of plate boundaries
What will be an ideal response?
The town of Grand Isle, Louisiana is built on a barrier island that has been shrinking for decades. They have tried the following approaches to protect the island from coastal erosion
Which of these is not a feature intended to simulate natural barrier island beach processes? A) placement of large concrete donuts on the seabed in the surf zone B) placement of groins C) offshore sand dredging and deposition to rebuild the beach D) construction of artificial dunes and planting coastal grasses on the dunes