Historic earthquakes in the Rio Grande Rift area have had only small to moderate magnitudes, but the continental lithosphere continues to compress and shorten, thus presenting a real hazard for large earthquakes.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
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What will be an ideal response?
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) regulates cleanup of Superfund designated hazardous waste sites and the siting, construction, and operation of hazardous waste sites.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
You are hiking in eastern Canada over a surface composed of very old igneous and metamorphic
rocks. You are most likely walking across a/an a. platform. d. continental rise. b. continental shelf. e. shield. c. orogenic belt.
What limits productivity in polar regions?
A) low temperatures of the surface waters B) the lack of sunlight year round C) The thermocline acts as a barrier to mixing of surface and deep waters. D) high density of the surface waters E) all of the above