The land separating adjoining valleys is known a(n) _____.
a - gulley
b - levee
c - interfluve
d - valley side
e - rill
c - interfluve
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Over the past 12,000 years, the greatest loss of biological wealth has resulted from the
A) conversion of natural ecosystems to modern agriculture. B) movement of human products down rivers and across oceans. C) extraction of oil and mineral from reserves buried deeply underground. D) use of deep aquifers, lakes, and rivers as sources of freshwater.
Population density is greatest in South Island, NZ around cities such as Blenheim, Dunedin, and:
A) Aukland B) Wellington C) Christchurch D) Sydney
What is NOT one of the ways that people have tried to specifically mitigate flood damage?
A. limiting land use in floodplains via zoning regulations B. building artificial levees to control floodwaters C. constructing dams to produce hydroelectricity D. building artificial distributary channels E. restoring floodplains to increase “storage capacity”
In radioactive decay, an unstable ________ isotope will decay into a stable ________ isotope
A) ion; carbon B) parent; daughter C) daughter; parent D) neutron; ionized