Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: The majority of lithogenous deposits are composed primarily of quartz BECAUSE quartz is resistant to abrasion and can be transported long distances and deposited far from its source
area. A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct. but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
A
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A. Only the lowest layer of air rotates with the Earth. B. Wind instruments are not accurate at the Earth's surface. C. Friction with the Earth's surface slows the air near the ground. D. Air temperature normally decreases with height.
Why does eastern North America continue to contain sediment from the last ice age?
A) The large rivers tend to end up in estuaries. B) There are not strong currents to carry the sediment away. C) It is an active margin. D) None of these choices
London and Vancouver are both found in marine west coasts climates
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Carbon dioxide in the soil zone is produced by:
a. diffusion from the atmosphere b. release from plants c. percolation of rain water which carries the gas in dissolved from d. decomposition of organic matter