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Which agent of erosion is primarily responsible for the formation of the barrier islands along the south shoreline of Long Island, New York?
0.3 cm/s
unsorted sediment directly deposited by a glacier
wave action
original horizontality
thinner and more dense
Earth’s outer core absorbs S-waves.
many land plants
8 million years
Compared to the crust at A, the crust at B is
0.3 cm/s
unsorted sediment directly deposited by a glacier
wave action
original horizontality
thinner and more dense
Earth’s outer core absorbs S-waves.
many land plants
8 million years
Why are P-waves received, but S-waves are not received by seismic stations located on the opposite side of Earth from an earthquake epicenter?
0.3 cm/s
unsorted sediment directly deposited by a glacier
wave action
original horizontality
thinner and more dense
Earth’s outer core absorbs S-waves.
many land plants
8 million years
What is the most probable age of the ocean floor at location X, if the Pacific Plate and the Juan de Fuca Plate are moving at the same rate?
0.3 cm/s
unsorted sediment directly deposited by a glacier
wave action
original horizontality
thinner and more dense
Earth’s outer core absorbs S-waves.
many land plants
8 million years
These rock layers indicate evidence of past crustal movement based on the principle of
0.3 cm/s
unsorted sediment directly deposited by a glacier
wave action
original horizontality
thinner and more dense
Earth’s outer core absorbs S-waves.
many land plants
8 million years
What is the approximate minimum stream velocity required to transport the smallest particles of sand?
0.3 cm/s
unsorted sediment directly deposited by a glacier
wave action
original horizontality
thinner and more dense
Earth’s outer core absorbs S-waves.
many land plants
8 million years
Scientists infer that this impact contributed to the extinction of
0.3 cm/s
unsorted sediment directly deposited by a glacier
wave action
original horizontality
thinner and more dense
Earth’s outer core absorbs S-waves.
many land plants
8 million years
A glacial moraine is best described as
0.3 cm/s
unsorted sediment directly deposited by a glacier
wave action
original horizontality
thinner and more dense
Earth’s outer core absorbs S-waves.
many land plants
8 million years
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