A mass of falling and tumbling rock, debris, and soil traveling at a high velocity owing to the presence of ice or water is a
A) rockfall.
B) mudflow.
C) debris avalanche.
D) landslide.
C
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B) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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D) Istanbul, Turkey
E) Baghdad, Iraq
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A. 300 km B. 300 meters C. 500 km D. 500 meters
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What is the proper order of Earth's compositional layers from the interior to the surface?
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