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Kennedi Browning

Which are reasons why so many people live on the ring of fire?

(check all that apply)

A. The continent's edges are good locations for seaports.

B. The Pacific Ocean is an important zone of world trade.

C. Scientists move there to study earthquakes.

D. There has been considerable development of the earthquake and volcano prediction industry.

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Isla Osborn

Jabo Corporation has its home office and manufacturing facilities in Peru. It sells products via the Internet in both Brazil and Chile, although it has a small sales and manufacturing facility in Santiago, Chile.

True/False

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Toodles

Examine the impact of widespread deforestation and clearcutting on environments. How can the effects of deforestation be lessened?

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Desirae Grant

I has a very limited influence in a pure market economy?

A) tribal leaders

B) individuals

C) economists

D) government

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Cristal Chase

Which statement about the start of World War I is supported by the information in the table?

Germany had the largest army and Russia had the largest navy.

Russia had both the largest army and navy.

France had largest army and the smallest sized navy.

Russia had the largest army and Germany had the largest navy.

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Israel Barber

What is the order of star colors with increasing temperature? d?

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Alyssa Guzman

The world's population is concentrated in certain countries like China most likely because of

A. there being endemic diseases in the country.

B. the lack of availability or lack of use of contraceptives.

C. the emigration of people from more populated countries.

D. the country's land mass, which is much larger.

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Lara Blanchard

Why do all the planets travel around the sun in the same direction

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Giovanni Wilkerson

How might the surface landscape above a laccolith look?

It would look like an uplift or dome because the laccolith below is a lens-shaped mass of magma that pushes the rock above it upward.

It would look like a thin, horizontal band because it was formed with magma that had a high viscosity.

It would look like a depression or bowl because the laccolith below is a sheet-like structure from a centimeter up to a kilometer in thickness.

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Pitts

The rate of cooling of molten rock strongly influences which of the following?

a. crystal size

b. overall color

c. weight of rock

d. specific gravity

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Boss

Which South American country is almost one-half Asian?

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Aaden Rose

There is a large area made of schist. What is the most likely environment that existed before the area was metamorphosed? Choose one of the following and discuss as to why you chose it?

(A) desert dunes

(B) coral reef

(C) ocean floor

(D) volcano

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Diego Meadows

What would be a probable explanation for why there are many endemic plants and birds in new Zealand but no native animals?

A. they were driven away by non native mammals

B. Plants and birds would make ocean crossings to. the isolated new Zealand island mammals could not

C. They were hunted to extinction by the maori.

D. The island habitats were not conducive to mammalian life

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Stout

Which of the following factors was key to the formation of the first civilization in the Nile Valley? A. Nomads acquired more livestock to increase their wealth. B. The region experienced a surplus of food. C. Artists created art to pass on to future generations. D. Farmers lived near a river that never flooded.

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Jamal Stuart

Most U. S. beaches are shrinking or encroaching on the land rather than growing or moving seaward, so the land of the U. S. is getting smaller, not bigger. Which of the following is a likely cause for loss of at least some of our beaches: Group of answer choices

a. Sea-level rise as the last ice age

b. drained river valleys to destroy bays,

c. so sediment now is taken to the coast to feed beaches rather than being trapped in bays.

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