Where would you expect to find the highest temperatures in July?
A) Land in the Northern Hemisphere
B) Land in the Southern Hemisphere
C) Ocean in the Northern Hemisphere
D) Ocean in the Southern Hemisphere
Answer: A) Land in the Northern Hemisphere
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What is a principle that can be used to determine the age of a landscape surface?
A. The highest river terrace is probably the youngest in age. B. A surface with a well-developed soil is probably older than a surface with no soil. C. A landscape surface must be older than any rocks onto which it is carved. D. A landscape surface is younger than any rock that is deposited on top of the surface.
Based on your understanding of the march of the seasons, which of the following is TRUE of Quito, Ecuador (0° 15' N, 78° 35' S)?
A) Quito is at a latitude that is never the subsolar point. B) At noon on June 21st, the sun is directly overhead in Quito. C) During the June Solstice, Quito experiences 24 hours of darkness because it is completely outside of the circle of illumination. D) Quito experiences days and nights of equal lengths throughout the year.
The great multimillionaire Rich Mahn is building a new mansion on a steep bluff overlooking a languid river below ... or, at least he could look over the river if it weren't for all the trees in the way
Whipping out his cell phone, he calls a local landscaping company and has all of the trees ripped out and the steep slope smoothed back into place. Several months later, Rich is making another phone call, this time to a construction company. It seems that the bluff is eroding away at an alarming rate and the ground that his new house is sitting on is being undermined. What event(s) led to the mass wasting at Rich's house and why? What will be an ideal response?
Aftershocks, generally, never result in any major destruction.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)