External processes that increase the odds of a slope failure include ________.
A. removing support from low on a slope, as by stream or ocean-wave erosion
B. steepening the slope, as by fault movements
C. adding mass high on a slope, as in sediment deposition
D. All of these choices are correct.
Answer: D
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The minimum total fertility rate (TFR) to produce replacement population is ________.
A. 1.6 B. 1.1 C. 2.1 D. 2.6
A front is an area of contact between two different air masses where warmer, moister air is force to rise above cooler air, causing ________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
The New Madrid earthquake of 1811 and the Charleston earthquake of 1883 are notable for which of the following reasons?
A. Were relatively large and occurred in the interior of a tectonic plate. B. Were the first earthquakes in the U.S. since Europeans came to the continent. C. Resulted in a very large number of human deaths. D. Occurred prior to the development of modern seismographs. E. Were the only earthquakes to occur in the U.S. during those years.