The process by which life formed from nonliving matter is known as ____
a. outgassing
b. photosynthesis
c. continental accretion
d. abiogenesis
e. anaerobic evolution
d
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The balance or lack of balance between accumulation and wastage is called ________
A) glacial trough B) glacial ice C) glacial budget D) glacial plucking
The three basic rock types are
A) conglomerates, clastics, and evaporative. B) laterite, schist, and basalt. C) intrusive, extrusive, and plutonic. D) sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous.
Britain's dominance of the world-system in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was helped most by which of the following?
A) naval power B) the fall of Napoleon C) decline of the Roman Empire D) British prowess in land battles
Following the urban heat island profile from rural areas to a typical downtown urban area, which of the following is TRUE?
A) Large urban parks do not mitigate against the urban heat island. B) Commercial and urban residential areas have the highest late afternoon temperatures. C) On average, urban areas are 1 to 3°C higher than nearby rural areas. D) The temperature variations between urban and rural environments are negligible.