The primary direction of movement along the San Andreas Fault is what?

A) Horizontal
B) Vertical
C) Oblique
D) Normal


A

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You travel to Costa Rica during the winter holidays for an eco-tour vacation. Part of your tour includes a visit to a beach late at night to observe endangered turtles laying their eggs on the beach

When you arrive at the appointed place and hour, you are startled to see an armed guard at the entrance to the beach. You learn that the armed guard is there to assure that no one enters the turtle egg-laying area too early, or in too large a group, as these actions would prevent the turtles from laying their eggs. This is an example of a. a militant environmental group b. an Endangered Species Act misinterpreted c. environmental security d. eco-terrorism e. both a militant environmental group and environmental security

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In the winter wheat area of the United States, the crop is planted in

A) autumn and harvested in summer. B) winter and harvested in spring. C) winter and harvested in autumn. D) spring and harvested in summer. E) spring and harvested in autumn.

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To define a riparian zone, a government agency will most likely use a vector-based buffering operation, rather than a raster-based physical distance measure operation. Why?

What will be an ideal response?

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Describe three limitations of science in general (as well as environmental science)

What will be an ideal response?

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