What is alluvium?
What will be an ideal response?
The material deposited by a stream is called alluvium. Streams naturally sort sediments by size, depositing particles of like size all together.
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Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: Composting can lead to a
significant reduction in a community's landfill needs BECAUSE yard wastes are second only (percentage basis) to paper in urban solid waste. a. The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid. b. The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid. c. The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect. d. The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct. e. Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect
Instructions: Choose one answer from each pair of selections. Does accretion (riming) occur during the ICE CRYSTAL process or the COLLISION COALESCENCE process?
If a geologist refers to an igneous rock as plutonic, she means that ________.
A. it is dark-colored B. it formed in the Precambrian C. its composition is high in silicate minerals D. it formed intrusively E. she is not sure what type of rock it is
The tourism industry on the island of Kauai is different than that in other parts of Hawai'i because ________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word