Desert pavement is ____
a. a special type of asphalt that won't soften in the desert sun
b. a thin layer of stones that overlies fine-grained sediments below
c. the salt crust on some playa surfaces
d. the salt crust that forms on some sand dunes
b
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Thunder will not occur:a
without lightning b. in wintertime thunderstorms c. in thunderstorms over the ocean d. when a thunderstorm is producing precipitation
Cones of depression form when:
a. sinkholes coalesce. b. too much water is pumped from wells. c. aquifers are recharged. d. the climate is wetter than normal. e. springs dry up.
Geographer and historian William Cronon argues that settlers leaving Chicago would encounter which of the following economic land use activities sequences as they traveled further westward?
A. dairies, corn and wheat, orchards, garden markets, ranching, trapping, wilderness B. wilderness, trapping, ranching, orchards, corn and wheat, orchards, garden markets, dairy C. dairies, garden markets, orchards, corn and wheat, ranching, trapping, wilderness D. orchards, dairies, corn and wheat, garden markets, ranching, trapping, wilderness
True or False: Neptunists and Vulcanists differed on their interpretation of how loose sand and gravel formed
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.