One of the best-known transform faults is the San Andreas Fault in California. This fault ____
A)is completely oceanic
B)creates new lithosphere
C)destroys old lithosphere
D)separates the Pacific plate from the North American plate
E)has little impact on earthquake activity in California
D
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A) hunting and gathering. B) intensive subsistence. C) pastoral nomadism. D) shifting cultivation. E) plantation agriculture.
Which Köppen climate type (or types) is most closely associated with regions of the tropical scrub and the tropical savanna biomes?
Using the global map of biome distribution (Map T-30 in the back of the Lab Manual), the map of climate distribution (Map T-29), the maps of global temperature (Maps T-28a and T-28b), the map of global precipitation (on the inside front cover of the Lab Manual), as well as information about Köppen climate types from Exercise 23, answer the question. What will be an ideal response?
Which one of the following is a landform created by wave erosion?
A) sea arch B) estuary C) spit D) tombolo
How and where do alluvial fans form? What will be an ideal response?