Hydraulic fracturing is

A) a new technique of producing power using water.
B) the use of cold fusion to produce nuclear power.
C) a technique which forces oil and gas out of shale rock.
D) an experimental technique for extracting oil from the ocean floor.


C

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A) orographic uplift. B) convectional uplift. C) frontal uplift. D) both convectional and frontal uplift.

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A. permafrost. B. fast rates of chemical weathering. C. lack of organic matter. D. salinization.

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A) shared similarities. B) how closely related they are to one another. C) their position in a hierarchy from "simple" to "complex." D) none of the above

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