What is a fjord?

a. A broad, protected channel
b. A deep, narrow bay modified by glaciers
c. The shoreward limit of marine erosion
d. A retreating glacier
e. A wave-cutsea cliff


b

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a. stalactites. b. stalagmites. c. spears. d. dripstone. e. calcite-stone

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What type of economic discipline maintains that society, like natural populations, cannot surpass environmental limitations?

a. Classical economics b. Neoclassical economics c. Environmental economics d. Ecological economics

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How many different kinds of minerals have been identified by earth scientists?

A. Hundreds B. Between 10 and 100 C. Thousands D. Less than 10

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The expansion and contraction of frost action results in the movement of soil particles, stones, and small boulders into distinct shapes know as

A) gelifluction. B) patterned ground. C) taliks. D) solifluction.

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