What category of the scale of hurricane intensity is the strongest?

A) 3 B) 10 C) 1 D) 5


D

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a. euphotic zone b. abyssal zone c. bathyal zone d. coastal zone e. benthic zone

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What is the mostly likely setting for this drainage pattern? 

A. The rocks have a relatively equal resistance to erosion. B. The area has folded or faulted rocks with different resistances to erosion. C. A volcano once existed here but has been partly eroded away. D. Drainages have followed a series of fractures that branch off of one another.

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Assuming a frictionless ice surface, a hockey puck will continue moving at a constant speed in the same direction until it strikes something. Which of the following does this scenario represent?

A. Newton's first law of motion B. Newton's second law of motion C. Newton's third law of motion D. centripetal force

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The type of plate boundary can be determined by evaluating the depths of earthquakes. What seismic trend would occur at ocean-continent convergent boundaries?

A) ?The depth of earthquakes would increase as you move from oceanic crust toward continental crust. B) ?The depth of earthquakes could decrease as you move from oceanic crust toward continental crust. C) ?Earthquake depths would remain constant as you move from oceanic crust to continental crust. D) ?Only shallow earthquakes would occur along ocean-continent convergent boundaries.

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