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In "Neoliberal Globalization" author Jan Nederveen Pieterse argued that the rise of the United States in the wake of the Cold War and the formation of the Washington Consensus elevated neoliberalism from domestic policy to an international regulatory paradigm. Over the last two decades neoliberal globalization, has become a dominant global regime.a. Trueb. False
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If a body of magma is subjected to fractional crystallization, the rock that results is expected to be
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What foci pattern would occur for an oceanic plate subducting to the west beneath a continental plate
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Which principle can a geologist use to determine that the dark rock pieces within this granite are older than the granite itself
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A geoscientist performs analyses on a rock to gather data recording its specific chemical composition. This type of data is Multiple Choice quantitative. qualitative. a survey.
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If indeed there are reversals of the Earth's magnetic field, how can we prove this within the context of plate tectonics
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Igneous rocksGroup of answer choiceswere the first rocks to exist on the Earth.are coarse-grained if they cool extrusively.form only at the Earth's surface.form from the addition of heat and pressure to a pre-existing rock.
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If 1:7 is the ratio of radioactive parent atoms to stable daughter atoms, there is one parent for every _______, droppable daughter atoms and _______, droppable half-lives have passed.
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In the interior of continents the earth's crust is typically about 40km thick and the elevation is near sea level. Most earth materials expand when heated, lowering their density. During rifting continental margins are heated but cool as sea floor spreading moves offshore from the continent. Thus, basic isostasy suggests that after rifting, a continental margin will ________.
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Broadly, metamorphism involves ________. Group of answer choices the sorting of grains by size, as accomplished by rivers and beach waves the settling of crystals in a melt as it cools changes in mineralogy and texture in response to heat and stress the cementation of loose grains and the precipitation of new minerals into pore spaces
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The climate of an area would be expected to have the LEAST fluctuations in temperatures where the A. humidity is high. B. days are longest. C. vegetation is sparse. D. atmospheric nitrogen is low.
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When speed divergence occurs in the upper atmosphere, what effect does it have on cyclogenesis? A) It inhibits cyclogenesis by preventing cyclonic flow B) It can either inhibit or enhance cyclogenesis, depending on the surface air temperature C) It has no impact whatsoever on the formation of mid-latitude cyclones D) It greatly enhances cyclogenesis by increasing convergence on the surface below
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What is the cause of the powerful earthquakes and the resulting large tsunamis that occur in the area of Indonesia
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A local mountain created by volcanism ______. Multiple choice question. is always low in elevation and therefore has no need for an increase in crustal thickness is always accompanied by a regional increase in crustal thickness may be high in elevation but is not accompanied by a regional increase in crustal thickness cannot be a shield-type volcano
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The largest hazard risk to Cascade Village due to an earthquake along the oceanic trench comes from:
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Ten million years from now, the East African rift valley system will most closely resemble the modern ________.
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How far will the ground be offset during surface rupture associated with most medium to large earthquake
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Mass wasting delivers sediment to streams. We believe that in regions such as Pennsylvania or the hills around Washington, DC, most of the mass that is delivered to streams arrives by: Group of answer choices Very fast debris avalanches and flows Grain flows that occur when the soil dries out during summer droughts Soil creep, slow motion of pieces from freeze-thaw action, throw by falling roots, downhill motion of rocks during digging of gopher holes, etc. Slumps, like someone slumping down in an easy chair Careless people taking leaks in sinkholes after drinking too much Pepsi
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The current geological theory that states that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant, slow motion is the theory of *
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What is the term for the stone pillars or piles of rock that reveal why the origins of Hermes lie in marking crossroads and other geographical features
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Mountains containing folded rocks occur over some areas of Venus. These appear to be due to crumpling of the crust, in response to:
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Why do continental locations usually have greater extremes of temperature than do maritime locations at the same latitude?
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Most of the people killed from the historical eruptions of composite volcanoes like Vesuvius (Italy) and St. Pierre (Martinique) died as a result of
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Why do subtropical gyres rotate in one direction and subpolar gyres rotate in the opposite direction
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