Geography

Examples of land-use planning include: A. analyzing the geology of hillsides before building on them B. not building on or below unstable slopes C. avoiding actions that may cause slope failure D. not removing vegetation that holds regolith in place E. all of these
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Prompt #1 What converging social, economic, and environmental factors likely caused the Late Bronze Age collapse of many different civilizations in the Mediterranean world around 1250-1150 BC, and how were these factors related to one another? Which of these major factors seem to have been more long-term, and which of these factors seem to have been a more immediate cause of this widespread collapse? Be sure to provide specific archaeological evidence from Egyptian, Mycenaean, Minoan, and/or other relevant civilizations illustrating the effects of the factors you identify, and spend at least part of your response explaining in detail how/why archaeologists think some of these distinct causes may have been related to (or a result of) one another.
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palo duro canyon often called the grand canyon of texas is located in the panhandle the steep walls and deep caves of the canyon were most likely carved by
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Judaism teaches that a messiah will deliver the Jews from their captivity and __ other nations
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In the northern hemisphere, cyclonic winds flow: inward and clockwise. outward and clockwise. inward and counterclockwise. outward and counterclockwise.
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Wave and tidal energy projects are possible because of the Law of Conservation of Energy. Would they still be possible if the ocean were an isolated system
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What tectonic setting produces earthquakes such as the San Francisco earthquake, but is unlikely to produce mountains except where bent
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Time Required for Sedimentation in a Centrifuge Using the results of Problem 5.4, determine the diameter and speed of a centrifuge required to reduce the total sedimentation time for the aggregates by a factor of ten, assuming you will use containers that are 20 cm high in the centrifuge. Also assume that the center of rotation is 3 cm from the tops of the containers. How much time must the same centrifuge be operated to also sediment all the single cells
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Create a concept map that covers the different types of reservoirs and transmission methods. How does transmission relate to reservoir
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Surface high pressure zones are usually associated with: Group of answer choices converging winds. clear or nearly clear weather. stormy weather. ascending air.
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Question 5 (1 point)When a hot object is placed on a cool surface, in which direction does the heat flow?O aO bOdHeat flows from the cool surface to the hot object.Heat flows from the hot object to the cool surface.Heat flows in both directions, between both surfaces.Heat does not flow between the object and the surface.
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A __________ stream is tributary of a meandering stream that runs parallel to the meandering stream in the flood plain.
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Sediments in and below a dewatered area of an aquifer become compacted because ______. Multiple choice question.
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Periods of Earth's history with extensive sea ice result in enhanced albedo, leading to more cooling. This is referred to as _
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A large-scale, greater than supergroup, lithostratigraphic unit representing a major transgressive-regressive cycle bounded by craton-wide unconformites is called
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How to do Slope intercept form
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Imagine a river that is stable and forms a floodplain for a long period of time. Then, suddenly, the river incises lowering the river channel to a much lower elevation. What landform is likely to form by this process
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8. Even though Timbuktu is inland in East Africa, a water route leads there on the map. Which water way connected traders to Timbuktu
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The Coriolis effect Choose one: A. causes north-flowing currents in the northern hemisphere to curve to the east. B. causes south-flowing currents in the southern hemisphere to curve to the west. C. is a result of tidal pull of the moon on ocean currents. D. is a phenomenon created by the movement of ocean currents.
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Hydraulic fracturing uses water and chemicals under high pressure to fracture layers of rock that contain oil or natural gas. This relatively new technology increased the accessibility of ________ that were historically viewed as not worth the effort to mine.
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The overall ______ of a region may be directly affected by latitude, elevation, ocean currents, prevailing wind directions, and other factors
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Which sedimentary sediments (also rock made of this size sediment) takes the longest to permeate due to its low permeability
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An outflow boundary is Group of answer choices the leading edge of cold air from a thunderstorm downdraft. a favorable place for future severe storm development, especially if two intersect. can be clearly seen on radar images. all of these
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A discussion involving the role of human development in the amount of acid rain in a particular region would best fall into the category of:
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