A glacier confined in a bowl-shaped recess is known as a(n)

A) tidewater glacier.
B) cirque glacier.
C) piedmont glacier.
D) valley glacier.


B

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If the environmental lapse rate in the figure is 1.5oC/100m, what is the temperature at an altitude of 100 m? [INSERT FIGURE 6-10B, CHANGE TEXT "9.0" TO "?". NO CAPTION]

A) 11.5 oC B) 9.0 oC C) 8.5 oC D) 8.0 oC

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Which is NOT an unintended consequence of building an artificial levee?

a. ?It causes the stream to flow faster. b. ?It raises the water level during flooding. c. ?It causes more upstream flooding. d. ?It causes more downstream flooding. e. ?It protects towns from flooding for a time.

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Abrasion and plucking generally involve what part of a glacier?

A) the bottom or base B) the internal flowage zone C) the surface brittle zone D) the snout zone

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What is the term for the measure of the fertility of a statistically fictitious yet average group of women moving through their childbearing years?

A) infant mortality rate B) rate of natural increase (RNI) C) crude birthrate (CBR) D) life expectancy E) total fertility rate (TFR)

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