Because scientific ideas are tested, they can be corrected when they are wrong

Indicate whether the statement is true or false


TRUE

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From an environmental standpoint, refusing, reducing, and reusing are preferred over recycling because they are ____ approaches that tackle the problem of waste production at the front end.

A. waste prevention B. integrated C. management D. green E. more feasible

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Describe the evidence for this that you see in the photographs or map.

The questions on the following page are based on Figure 45-4, a stereogram of the Stovepipe Wells region of Death Valley, California, Figure 45-5, a portion of the “Stovepipe Wells, California” quadrangle (scale 1:62,500; contour interval 80 feet; north is to the left side of the stereogram and topographic map), and Map T-27a, color aerial imagery of this same region of Death Valley. Several large alluvial fans that come out of the Tucki Mountains are coalescing to form a bajada 136°35'17"N, 117°06'35"W).


Figure 45-5: USGS “Stovepipe Wells, California” quadrangle. North is to the left side of the page (scale 1:62,500; contour interval 80 feet, dotted lines represent half-interval contours<--N).

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An earthquake generated on this type of fault would most likely be associated with a



A) subduction zone.
B) divergent plate boundary.
C) rift.
D) caldera.
E) transform boundary.

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Why is diorite considered a coarse-grained intermediate rock?

A) It contains a medium amount of silica. B) It contains a lot of silica. C) It contains very little silica. D) It is made up of the elements in the middle of the periodic table.

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