James Hutton pioneered the principle that we know today as uniformitarianism
a. True
b. False
True
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How would you classify the following material? milk
A) a suspension
B) a heterogeneous mixture
C) a solution
D) an element
E) a compound
Accelerographs are instruments that provide:
a. a record of only strong earthquake motion near the epicenter b. a continuous record of seismic waves for all events c. records of only P waves d. records of only S waves
Following the urban heat island profile from rural areas to a typical downtown urban area, which of the following is TRUE?
A) Large urban parks do not mitigate against the urban heat island. B) Commercial and urban residential areas have the highest late afternoon temperatures. C) On average, urban areas are 1 to 3°C higher than nearby rural areas. D) The temperature variations between urban and rural environments are negligible.
A local mountain created by volcanism
A. is always accompanied by a regional increase in crustal thickness. B. cannot be a shield-type volcano. C. is always low in elevation and therefore has no need for increase in crustal thickness. D. may be high in elevation but is not accompanied by a regional increase in crustal thickness.