Which of the following are responsible for the formation of some of the world's highest mountains?
A. transform plate boundaries
B. convergent plate boundaries
C. divergent plate boundaries
D. tactile plate boundaries
B. convergent plate boundaries
Convergent plate boundaries can cause either subduction or continental collisions. Continental collisions lead to mountain formations.
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A condition in which cities grow more rapidly than the jobs and housing they can sustain:
When farmers use _________________systems, typically 90-95% of the water input reaches the crops
Fill in the blanks with correct word
A formal region is:
A) derived from people's sense of identity and attachment to different areas. B) nonexistent in developing nations. C) an area that possesses one or more unifying cultural or physical traits. D) an area unified by a specific social, cultural, or economic activity. E) an area that possesses only one specific cultural trait.
When viewing the planets, Mars appears to move backwards, or retrograde, because ________
A) it is rotating around the sun slower than the earth's rotation
B) it is rotating at approximately the same speed but its orbit is more elliptical than the earth's rotation
C) it is rotating at approximately the same speed but its orbit is more circular than earth's orbit
D) it is rotating around the sun faster than the earth's rotation