The light blue area just off the Australian coast, as shown here, is called the
A) continental platform.
B) seashore.
C) continental shelf.
D) abyssal plain.
C) continental shelf.
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A) ethylene oxide B) methylene oxide C) tetrahydrofuran D) none of these
A surface gyre system in the Southern Hemisphere ________.
A. promotes upwelling and surface depression if it rotates clockwise B. retards upwelling and decreases surface elevation if rotating counterclockwise C. promotes upwelling and surface elevation if it rotates counterclockwise D. retards upwelling and increases surface elevation if rotating counterclockwise E. Rotation in either direction does not affect upwelling.
The main direction in which groundwater flowed in the Investigation area was to the
A. north. B. south. C. east. D. west.