What is the main force involved in the stability of slopes?

A) Water pressure
B) Sunlight
C) Wind
D) Gravity
E) Radioactivity decay


D) Gravity

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A. clear-cutting B. selective cutting C. strip cutting D. no cutting

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Which community has the highest level of net primary production?

a. Rain forests b. Kelp forests c. Coral reefs d. Open ocean

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Magma that might have cooled slowly to produce a diorite is instead erupted at Earth's surface. It would chill rapidly and produce a(n) ________

A) rhyolite B) andesite C) basalt D) granite

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What radioactive isotope is generally used to fuel a controlled nuclear chain reaction?

A. uranium 235 B. barium 140 C. cesium 137 D. uranium 95

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