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At the founding of Canada in 1867, which provinces were part of the original British North America Act? - ️️Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick Define bag fees - ️️A fee charged to use a plastic bag designed to reduce waste and generate income to improve the environment Define break in bulk - ️️Portaging when rivers are congested Define Combined Statistical Area - ️️A metropolitan area composed of surrounding metropolitan and micropolitan areas Define cultural hearth - ️️a...

Name and describe at least three evidences of continental drift. correct answers 1. the distribution of climate belts 2. the distribution of fossils 3. the orientation of glacial striations (or sea floor observation) Name and describe at least three evidences of sea floor spreading. correct answers 1. Mapping features of the sea floor - mid-ocean ridges, trenches, and sea mounts. 2. Location of earthquakes - along mid-ocean ridges, and trenches. 3. Paleomagnetism How do these come tog...

PH Unit 3 (final): Vocab latest update A+ graded how a pollutant enters the food chain; the accumulation over time of a chemical in a living organism - bioaccumulation eg: can come from bug spray, roach spray (educate to limit intake of foods or exposure to harmful chemicals) - bioaccumulation process of using medical tests such as blood or urine collection to determine whether a person has been exposed to a contaminant and how much exposure he or she has recei...

Clemson Geology 1010 - Exam #1 Latest Update Rated A principles claims something that has been proven - known to all as correct scientific method observation, questions, hypothesis, collect data, and evaluation hypothesis educated guess; "if-then" statement. needs to be testable; be predictive theories hypothesis but now has a lot of data supporting it; tested for years law essentially correct (always an exception) geology study of earth catastrophism everything was caused by 6 catastrop...

Earth's Structure - Answer Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core. Asthenophere - Answer The upper semi-molten part of mantle. Lithosphere - Answer A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust. Oceanic Crust - Answer The portion of Earth's crust that is usually below the oceans and not associated with continental areas. Thinner and higher in density that continental crust and basaltic rather than granitic in composition. Convection Currents - A...

APSC 151 Final Exam Questions With Verified Answers The most abundant elements in the Earth's CRUST by weight are a) Oxygen, Silicon, Aluminum b) Oxygen, Nitrogen, Carbon Dioxide c) Iron, Nickel, Gypsum d) Earth, Wind, Fire - answera What are the two dominant sources of Lithium to power the new age of devices and transport? a) Porphyry Deposits, Astroblemes b) Veins, Dykes c) Placer Deposits, Volcanoes d) Rhyolites and Basalts e) Granites and Salt Lakes - answere In the rock cycle...

Displacement of land after an earthquake - Answer Fold mountains Road surfaces crack Sinkholes Railway and fence lines buckled Underground pipes severed E.g. East African Rift Valley Mass movement of land after an EQ - Answer Common in mountainous areas like Nepal - lithology Surface waves oscillate and severely damage structures and the crust Water lubricates faults and bedding plans and adds weight to sediment Deforestation can make slopes more exposed and unstable Weathering...

Worlds Together, Worlds Apart-A History of the World from the Beginnings of Humankind to the Present 6E Jeremy Adelman, Elizabeth Pollard & Robert Tignor - Complete Elaborated and Latest Test Bank. ALL Chapters 1-11 Included and updated for 2023 #Worlds #Together #Worlds #Apart #History #Beginnings #Humankind #Present #6Ed #Jeremy #Adelman #Pollard #Tignor #TestBank #elaborated #Testbank COMPLETE - Elaborated Test Bank for Worlds Together, Worlds Apart-A History of the World ...

Geology 310T Exam 1 Latest Update Graded A natural hazard process that is a potential threat to human life and property (could have not taken place yet) natural disaster natural event that causes significant damage to life or property (already happened) catastrophe natural event that kills or injures large numbers of people or causes major property damage Types of Hazards Earthquakes, landslides, volcanoes, tsunamis, thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, pollution/climate change, coastal eros...

ASM 246 Arizona State University -ASM 246 week 3 quiz well answered graded A+True or False: Adapids and omomyids had skeletal features similar to those of New World monkeys, such as postorbital closure and a prehensile tail - correct answer False! What is the Arboreal Hypothesis? - correct answer The idea that primates evolved because they developed adaptations for living in trees What traits were characteristics of primates as they adapted to living in trees? - correct answer Nails to gra...