What are the driving forces for Earthquakes at the large scale?
a. Solar radiation
b. Tectonic forces (i.e., plate tectonics)
c. Movement of magma (i.e., volcano activity)
d. Sudden slip on an existing fault
e. Both b, c, and d
Answer: e. Both b, c, and d
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Drinking water contaminated with cholera is an example of which type of hazard?
A. biological B. chemical C. cultural D. lifestyle health
Fog can form through each of the following ways except
A) by increasing the moisture content until vapor pressure reaches the water-vapor capacity. B) by decreasing the moisture content of the air and increasing temperature. C) by cooling the air until it reaches the dew-point (or frost-point) temperature. D) by a combination of cooling and increasing humidity.
The crust and the lower mantle comprise the rigid lithosphere.
a. true b. false
The thermosphere closely corresponds to
A) the exosphere. B) the homosphere. C) the ionosphere. D) the heterosphere. E) both the ionosphere and the heterosphere.