What feature on the physical landscape CANNOT be explained by the theory of plate tectonics?

a) The Pacific Ring of Fire
b) Mount Pinatubo (volcano)
c) Pangaea
d) The Mississippi River delta


Answer: d) The Mississippi River delta

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

You might also like to view...

European planning and construction of cities in the colonies was based on

A) European concepts, practices, and functional needs. B) local environments and climate. C) local cultures and preferences. D) capitalist democratic principles. E) building up local political and economic capacities.

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

What role does fluid play in metamorphism?

What will be an ideal response?

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

An object that we see as red ____ all visible radiation except red

A) refracts B) absorbs C) reflects D) diffracts

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

As global climate change warms certain mountain ranges, the temperature optima for the insect species living on the mountain is causing these insects to

A) move farther up the mountain. B) move down the mountain. C) move to a new biome. D) become parasitic.

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences