What is the greatest negative environmental impact that occurs when people live in suburbs instead of living in cities? a. suburbanites do not recycle. b. suburbanites have higher rates of cardiovascular disease. c. suburbanites take up many times as much space as city dwellers. d. suburbanites are not aware of resource use.

What does the word submerged mean in the following sentence? after it rained for three days in a row, the streets were completely submerged.

Say whether each of the following statements relates to the influence on weathering by rock composition, rock properties, or climate. 1.exposed rock in the mountains of alaska 2.a lack of fractures in an outcrop3.quartz is rarely affected by dissolution, hydrolysis, or oxidation4.high porosity (a large amount of space between grains in a rock)5.rocks on the coast of a tropical island6.minerals that dissolve in the presence of waterthe good earth/chapter 9: weathering and soils weathering ratesthe good earth/chapter 9: weathering and soilscompositional control1.weathering is faster in rocks composed of weaker material or material that is easily converted to weaker material (such as feldspars)2.weathering is faster in rocks made up of minerals that dissolve in water (salt, gypsum)3.weathering is slower in rocks made of resistant materials (quartz)rock property control1.weathering is faster in rocks that allow air and water in (porous, fractured)2.fractures are natural weathering surfaces3.igneous and metamorphic rocks generally have low porosity –do you think they are particularly susceptible to weathering

Atsunami usually is the result of a. a nearby underwater earthquake. b. the winter monsoons. c. seismic activity in the eastern pacific ocean. d. hurricane-force winds.