Withdrawing massive amounts of groundwater can cause a condition called____________ ______________

Fill in the blanks with correct word


land subsidence

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A) 1.6 B) 5.6 C) 7.6 D) 12.6 E) 15.6

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How is stepping off a curb similar to taking a ride aboard the space shuttle?

What will be an ideal response?

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Which part of Southwest Asia and North Africa was the last to be converted to Islam?

A) Saudi Arabia B) Mesopotamia C) Northern Egypt D) Algeria E) Yemen

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Match the following items with the correct descriptions

A) a dip-slip fault where the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall block B) valley formed from the downward displacement of a normal fault-bounded block C) a fault where the dominant displacement is horizontal and parallel to the strike of the fault surface D) a fault where the movement is parallel to the dip of the fault E) a low-angle (less than 45 degrees) reverse fault F) an elongated, uplifted block of crust bounded by normal faults G) vertical displacements along dip—slip faults that may produce long, low cliffs H) a dip-slip fault where the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall block 1) fault scarp 2) horst 3) graben 4) normal fault 5) reverse fault 6) strike-slip fault 7) dip-slip fault 8) thrust fault

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