Wind moves sediment by
A. carrying finer material, like dust and silt, in air currents.
B. rolling sand grains along the surface.
C. bouncing sand grains along the surface.
D. All of these choices are correct.
Answer: D
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A. Cfa B. Cs C. Cfb D. Cwa
The 1969 National Environmental Policy Act
A. established the Environmental Protection Agency. B. designated federal agency procedures for rulemaking and enforcement. C. requires the U.S. federal government agencies to consider environmental consequences of the rules they make. D. addressed many ocean resources issues.
Discuss the suite of sedimentary rocks that forms on a passive margin with increasing distance
and water depth from the shoreline. What happens to this suite of rocks during a regression? What happens during a transgression? What will be an ideal response?
One significant difference between an ionic bond, where electrons are taken from one atom and added to another atom, and a covalent or metallic bond, where electrons are shared, is ________
A) ionic bonds make a material more malleable than covalent and metallic bonds B) ionic bonds are stronger than covalent or metallic bonds C) ionic bonds produce ions but covalent and metallic bonds do not produce ions D) ionic bonds do not result in the attraction of oppositely charged atoms, but covalent and metallic bonds do