Because sand grains are heavier than clay and silt particles, sand grains move close to the ground in a leaping pattern called ________.
A. saltation
B. slipping
C. blowouts
D. jumping
E. parabolas
Answer: A
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A) Late Cenozoic basalts.
B) Mesozoic sedimentary rocks.
C) Precambrian sedimentary and igneous rocks.
D) Precambrian metamorphic rocks and granite.
E) Hurricane fault and faults along the Grand Wash Cliffs.
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Another name for a ________ boundary is a destructive boundary
A) convergent B) divergent C) transform
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Large areas of high tablelands are found in
A) Africa. B) Central Asia. C) Greenland. D) Australia.
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Galileo believed in a Sun-centered view of the universe
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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