Why is the average sediment thickness in the Pacific Ocean less than that of the Atlantic Ocean?
a. The Pacific is smaller in area than the Atlantic.
b. Ocean trenches trap sediments.
c. More rivers feed into the Pacific.
d. Lithification occurs more frequently in the Pacific.
e. More areas of the Pacific have experienced glaciation.
b
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According to Carl Sauer, a cultural landscape
A) exists prior to human habitation of the given landscape. B) need not require a natural landscape. C) results from the action of a cultural group within and on a landscape. D) is an old-fashioned concept with limited use by contemporary geographers.
Someone argues that he or she doesn't drink tap water because it contains thousands of molecules of some impurity in each glass. How would you respond in defense of the water's purity, if it indeed does contain thousands of molecules of some impurity per glass?
A. The water contains water molecules and each water molecule is pure. B. Compared to the billions and billions of water molecules, a thousand molecules of something else is practically nothing. C. There's no defense. If the water contains impurities, it should not be drunk. D. Impurities aren't necessarily bad, in fact, they may be good for you.
A snowball that rolls down a hill, gradually gaining more and more mass and rolling faster and faster as it continues, would be an example of a(n)
A) positive feedback system. B) negative feedback system. C) open system. D) closed system.
Why did the U.S. government locate so many military bases in the Coastal South?
What will be an ideal response?