The ocean floor of the ________ zone is covered by soft oceanic sediment, primarily clay
A) abyssal
B) bathyal
C) hadal
D) littoral
E) subneritic
A
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What will be an ideal response?
One would most likely find "hutments" located in/on
A) wealthy urban enclaves in Mumbai where the elite live B) high-density urban thoroughfares and sidewalks in cities such as Mumbai C) Muslim nations such as Pakistan and Bangladesh because Islam encourages their growth D) in rugged mountainous terrain of Pakistan, India and Nepal where wood is scarce E) in coastal regions of India and Bangladesh
Shaded relief maps are most directly helpful in
A. determining the average annual climatic features across the Earth's surface. B. "seeing through" the surface of the Earth to the subsurface. C. representing the types of features on the surface of the Earth. D. identifying the shape of features of the Earth.
Put the steps of formation of the early solar system in order from oldest to youngest. (Note: "First" refers to the oldest event and "Fifth" refers to the youngest.)
A) Rapid expansion of compact, dense mass to create matter and space. B) Accretion of bodies to create protoplanets. C) Formation and rotation of solar nebula. D) Contraction of gases and start of nuclear fusion in the first stars. E) Accretion of rocky debris creates planetesimals. 1) First 2) Second 3) Third 4) Fourth 5) Fifth