True or False: Mass movement occurs when the resisting forces exceed the driving forces

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.


Answer: FALSE

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Why does magma viscosity vary with silica content?

A) There is no correlation between silica content and magma viscosity. B) Increasing silica content increases the amount of water a magma can dissolve and water decreases magma viscosity, so increasing silica content decreases magma viscosity. C) Increasing silica increases a tendency for silica bonds to link up in networks, acting like a polymerization of the magma. D) Increasing silica content lowers the melting temperature and since increasing the temperature of a magma decreases viscosity increasing silica content increases viscosity.

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Most geologic resources are ________: They form very slowly and are extracted much faster than nature replaces them.

A. nonmetallic B. hydrothermal C. energy D. irreplaceable E. nonrenewable

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The size groups within the standard classification of soil particle sizes are termed ________

A) epipedons B) separates C) cations D) humus E) pedons

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On this map of South America and adjacent areas, which site would have earthquakes related to plate divergence?



A) 1, the oceanic trench
B) 2, below the magmatic belt
C) 3, along a passive margin
D) 4, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
E) Both 1 and 2

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