What are the two characteristics of a rock that help geologists determine how the rock was created?

a. the rock's composition and texture

b. the rock's current geographic location and composition

c. the size of the rock and its current geographic location

d. the rock's texture and current geographic location

e. the size of the rock and its composition


a. the rock's composition and texture

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A) nutritious/traditional food and unhealthy/processed food. B) religious fundamentalists and secular capitalists. C) traditionally based cultural values and pop culture/shallow materialism. D) the local and the global. E) the North and the South.

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Temperatures across the United States have been warming in recent decades, which may cause climate boundaries to shift in some areas. Discuss how to assess this situation

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Tuvalu and the Maldives are in the international spotlight because they ________

A) are the largest emissions producers in their respective areas B) have exceeded the emissions reductions set by the Kyoto Protocol C) are accepting climate change refugees from other nations D) opposed China's proposals for global carbon neutrality at the Copenhagen Conference in 2009 E) may be among the first nations to be completely flooded by rising sea levels

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Desalination has a number of problems, including ____.

A. reducing soil salinization on irrigated lands B. providing water in areas of scarcity C. land subsidence D. drying up rivers E. requiring massive amounts of energy to pump seawater through pipes

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