The permanent remove of water from the immediate water environment is known as
A) water withdrawal.
B) nonconsumptive use.
C) consumptive use.
D) offstream.
C
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A) They tend not to protect the seacliff very well. B) They stop the longshore transport of sand. C) They reflect wave energy back across the beach and cause erosion. D) They trap sand, forcing the ocean around the beach, where it erodes intensively.
Why do geologists sometimes change the absolute ages of the boundaries in the geologic time scale?
What will be an ideal response?
The magnetic field of the earth is most likely generated in the:
a. lithosphere b. asthenosphere c. mantle d. core
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A. chemoautotrophs B. heterotrophs C. mixotrophs D. phototrophs