Today, the reasons conservationists have given for protecting natural environments are shifting from arguments based upon __________ to arguments based upon __________.

a. ethics; economics
b. aesthetics; ethics
c. religion; ethics
d. politics; aesthetics


Answer: a. ethics; economics

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was __________ and had __________ updrafts. a. thick, weak b. thick, strong c. thin, weak d. thin, strong

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Define these components of the water budget, explaining the importance of each: precipitation (PRECIP), potential evapotranspiration (POTET), actual evapotranspiration (ACTET), and soil moisture storage (STRGE)

What will be an ideal response?

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Geologists regard basaltic magma (Hawaiian lava, for example) as the result of the partial melting of ultramafic rock in the ________.

A. inner core B. oceanic crust C. outer core D. continental crust E. mantle

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What is the relative size between shield volcano, stratovolcano, and cinder cone volcano?

a. Shield volcano > Stratovolcano > Cinder cone volcano b. Shield volcano > Cinder cone volcano > Stratovolcano c. Stratovolcano > Shield volcano > Cinder cone volcano d. Stratovolcano > Cinder cone volcano > Shield volcano

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