Describe the transport of running water from slopes to the sea, and the landforms this transport creates
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: As rain falls to the surface, that water that does not infiltrate travels over the surface creating rills. As these rills continue downhill they create larger and permanent carriers known as streams which eventually run to larger bodies of water including oceans.
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a. planetary management worldview b. stewardship worldview c. environmental dictatorship worldview d. environmental wisdom worldview e. spaceship Earth worldview
What country is Asia rapidly industrialized after 1853 and challenged western domination in the region?
A) China B) India C) Indonesia D) Japan E) Thailand
Planetesimals, asteroid-size objects, form during the early history of the solar nebula due to ________
A) vortices in the rotating disc associated with the protosun B) the break-up of the solar nebula as it cools and contracts C) the formation of comets in the outer parts of the solar nebula D) collisions of particles of ice, metal, and rocky material rotating about the protosun
Atmospheric temperatures are influenced by all of the following greenhouse gases EXCEPT
A. methane. B. nitrogen. C. water vapor. D. nitrous oxides.