What is the combined area of the oceans and the ??-m fl oodwaters? (Refer
to question ?b and Table ? in this investigation. Be sure to include your
units). What will be an ideal response?
The surface area of the oceans is 363,700,000 km2.
The 60-m flooded area is 10,800,000 km2.
Therefore, the combined area is equal to 374,500,000 km2.
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A) Oil was not produced in the United States until the middle of the twentieth century B) Oil was a minor resource until the diffusion of motor vehicles early in the 1900s C) Oil was discovered by Baron von Drusenberg of Austria in the later eighteenth century D) Libya has the world's largest proven oil deposits E) The United States imports about 5 percent of the total annual oil it consumes
Movement along the San Andreas is:
a. compressional. b. tensional. c. right-lateral. d. left-lateral. e. vertical.
Which of the following is the least relevant to the concept of threshold?
A) Movie theaters have different thresholds for different sizes of theatres. B) Large supermarkets need to be in an area where at least 25,000 people can get there within 15 minutes. C) A department store also has gas stations. D) Analysis is performed to determine average travel times to different parts of the city. E) A survey is conducted to understand what the average income is of nearby neighborhood.
What is an ebb current??
a. The rise in sea level as a tide crest approaches
b. The rise in sea level as a tide trough approaches
c. The fall in sea level as a tide trough approaches
d. The fall in sea level as a tide crest approaches
e. A time of no currents