At the San Andreas fault, the Pacific Plate is moving northwest relative to the southeast moving North
American Plate. Therefore, movement along the San Andreas is:
a. compressional
b. tensional
c. right-lateral
d. left-lateral
e. vertical
C
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Which of the following boxes represents a compound?
A. only A B. only B C. only C D. both A and C
The ethnolinguistic region known as Kurdistan straddles the frontier of which three nations?
A) Iran, Iraq and Kuwait
B) Egypt, Jordan and Israel
C) Iraq, Syria and Jordan
D) Iran, Iraq and Turkey
E) Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Oman
The break-even point between the production and consumption of organic material is termed
A) net primary productivity. B) compensation point. C) net photosynthesis. D) free air CO2 enrichment.
What occurs when air is at maximum vapor pressure, cooling continues with no condensation nuclei, and temperature stays above freezing?
A. Water vapor capacity increases. B. Condensation occurs. C. Air reaches supersaturation. D. Air becomes supercooled water. E. Air attains its dew point temperature.