The broad circulatory patterns of the major surface ocean currents are called ____
a. streamlines
b. gyres
c. eddies
d. Rossby waves
e. jet streams
b
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Convergent boundaries are areas of
A. tensional forces that stretch the crust and generate a spreading center. B. plate collision. C. compressional forces that crunch the crust and generate a spreading center. D. crustal formation.
Which of the following factors makes a site near a volcano relatively more dangerous?
A) The nearby slopes on the volcano are gentle B) A site that is within a valley that drains the volcano C) A site that is upwind from the volcano D) All of these are correct. E) None of these are correct.
Earth’s magnetic field is strongest at the equator and weakest at the poles
a. True b. False
How have human activities depleted ozone in the stratosphere?
What will be an ideal response?