The land area around a stream that delivers runoff, sediment, and dissolved substances into the water is called the
a. Watershed
b. drainage basin
c. floodplain zone
d. transition zone
e. watershed and drainage basin
E
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Oceanic plateaus form from basaltic volcanism originating from
A) hot spots. B) midocean ridges. C) trenches.
Which of the following is the Principle of uniformitarianism?
a) all rocks were originally deposited horizontally b) all the rocks were depoisted with the youngest on the bottom c) the present is the key to the past d) all the rocks were deposited with the oldest on the bottom
The large cross beds in these rocks indicate that the sediment was deposited
A. deep in the ocean. B. by a debris flow. C. in a lake with a gently sloping bottom. D. by the wind or a water current. E. All of these choices are correct.
Why did Hutton propose what eventually became known as the principle of superposition?
A. To explain the existence of fossils found in rocks he was studying. B. To explain that the earth must be very old based on his observations. C. To defend Biblical accounts for the formation of the earth.