What rock type forms oceanic plateaus? 

A. granite
B. rhyolite
C. basalt


Answer: C

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Which of these features is typical of soils in temperate environments?

A) Excessive eluviation B) Relatively immobile nutrients C) Retention of nutrients within the crop root zone D) Excessive splash erosion

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The basic concept of Uniformitarianism is ________

A) evolution, Plate Tectonics, and similar theories are all related and can be viewed as the grand theory of Uniformitarianism. B) geology changes constantly but the rules that control those transformations do not change C) there is a predictable way that the laws of nature change over time and we are beginning to understand them D) nothing has changed since the earth was formed E) geology has not changed since the earth was formed but other things do change

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