Earth's radius and surface area are slowly increasing to accommodate the new oceanic crust being formed at mid-ocean ridges
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
FALSE
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Why does the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) classify CO2 as an air pollutant?
A. It has started to reach high enough levels in air to cause harm. B. It is not a naturally occurring compound in our atmosphere. C. It has been shown to cause cancer in rats in Canada. D. It is a poisonous gas release from rotting plants in swamps.
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How does mineral size relate to cooling rate?
- Small minerals, slow cooling
- Large minerals, slow cooling
- Large minerals, fast cooling
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During the Triassic, the climate of the low and middle latitudes was ____
a. tropical b. temperate c. cold desert d. arid e. arctic
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Which of the following is determined by measuring the amplitude of waves recorded from an earthquake?
A) focus or hypocenter B) intensity C) epicenter D) magnitude
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