Why has the Nisqually Glacier retreated over the past 100 years?
Answer:
The rate of ablation is higher than the rate of accumulation
More snow and ice has been removed than added
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
When the elevation of the water table is higher than the level of the surface of a stream, you have a __________.
a.) dry stream b.) losing stream c.) flooding stream d.) gaining stream
What is the parent rock for the following metamorphic rocks: marble: ____________________;
anthracite: ____________________; quartzite: ____________________; slate: ____________________; schist: ____________________; and greenstone: ____________________. What will be an ideal response?
In the oceans, there are approximately ________ high tides in 24 hours
A) zero (the tidal period is much greater than 24 hours) B) one C) two D) four E) seven