What is the most abundant mineral group?
What will be an ideal response?
silicates
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A. The metal that is acting as the coating is protected from moisture and oxygen. B. The metal that is coated is protected from moisture and oxygen so it doesn't react. C. It doesn't prevent it, but helps to slow it down. D. All of the oxidizing agent is consumed by reacting with the easily oxidized metal. E. all of the above
What creates perched ground water?
A) tectonic plate movement B) folding action that results in higher pockets C) patches of low-permeability rock D) excessive flooding
Planetary scale flow such as trade-winds are best classified as:
A) synoptic. B) microscale. C) macroscale. D) mesoscale.
The cryosphere consists of:
A) plants and animals. B) air. C) rock and soil. D) ice and snow. E) Antarctica and New Zealand.