The construction of a dam across a river is likely to cause ________ upstream and ________ downstream

A) erosion; aggradation
B) erosion; erosion
C) aggradation; erosion
D) aggradation; aggradation


C

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A. elevation raster B. path raster C. cost raster D. allocation raster

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Some of the first experiments in cloud seeding were conducted by Vincent Schaefer and Irving Langmuir during the late 1940s. To seed a cloud, they dropped crushed pellets of ____ from a plane.?

a. ?silver iodide b. ?silver iodine c. ?lead iodide d. ?cupric sulfide e. ?dry ice

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Compared to less resistant rocks, rocks that are more resistant to weathering tend to form:

a. low slope angles. b. valleys. c. cliffs. d. regolith. e. talus.

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