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What is the highest mountain in the Alps

The highest mountain in the Alps is Mount Blanc. The summit is 4810 metres above sea level.

Is natural gas the most popular fossil fuel

No, crude oil used to make Petroleum is the most common type of fossil fuel.

This part of a sand dune is characterized by a pronounced slope

slipface

These rocks form from previously existing rocks that have been altered by heat and pressure

Metamorphic rocks.

This type of volcano erupts with some degree of regularity

Intermittent

Results from rocks being pushed higher and deeper as the same amount of material tries to occupy less space

compression

This climate features very little precipitation hot summers and cold winters

steppe

Forty percent of all the commercial energy produced in the world is produced from

petroleum

The earth's stable interior temperature is important in the use and production of geothermal energy

true

In 2203 nearly three fourths of traffic deaths were alcohol related

In 2003, nearly three fourths of traffic deaths were alcohol related

False A-Plus

This type of magma has low silica content

A mafic.

Which of these is an agent of erosion glaciers gravity ocean waves glaciers wind or all of these

All

What forms when lava flows vertically through a layer of rock

dike

Does the temperature increase or decrease with altitude in the thermoshpere

The temperature increases like the stratosphere

Which devise is used to measure air pressure

A barometer is used to measure air pressure.

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