What is deflation? Why can deflation not continue beneath the water table?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Deflation is the process through which landscape elevation are lowered as wind removes fine particles. It does not occur beneath the water table because wind will not blow away cohesive, moist sand.

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The usefulness of many environmental impact statements is limited because

A. the preparers, often affiliated with the agency proposing the action, may not be completely objective. B. the law requires that cost-benefit analysis be excluded from an environmental impact statement. C. the tendency is toward very short statements that fail to provide much information to the public. D. All of the choices are correct.

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True or False: Only sedimentary rocks can be assigned to geologic periods because they are the only rocks that contain fossils

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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