Which Caribbean country experienced a devastating earthquake in January 2010?
A) Cuba
B) Jamaica
C) Haiti
D) Barbados
E) the Bahamas
C) Haiti
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Which environments would be represented in a cyclothem?
a. ocean trenches and island arcs b. deltaic, fluvial, and continental shelf c. lacustrine and fluvial d. deltaic and ocean trenches e. lacustrine and continental shelf
A reduction in the volume of paper going to landfills has been brought about by
A) newspapers going out of business in most large cities. B) electronic communications. C) the invention of biodegradable paper. D) the replacement of organic paper with plastic "paper" in many businesses.
When a mass of cold air collides with a mass of warm air, what happens?
A) The cold air rises above the warm air. B) The warm air rises above the cold air. C) The boundary between the two air masses keeps them separate, and they do not interact in any way. D) The cold air is warmed and the warm air is cooled by their mixing.
What happens to the length of day (the number of hours of daylight) as you move north of the equator?
Figure 9-2: Earth–Sun relations on June solstice.
Noting the orientation of the circle of illumination on June 21, explain the above question.
What will be an ideal response?