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What percentage of Earth's surface water is in the form of glacial ice

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Approximately 69%

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What portion of the mantle is hot enough to begin melting rocks into magma

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asthenosphere

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What occurs when a continental plate collides with an oceanic plate and overtakes it

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When a continental plate collides with an oceanic plate and overtakes it, this is known as subduction.

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Which of the following is the process of heating water in a container and then trapping the water vapor in a sealed canister

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distillation

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What is the solid outer crust layer and the top portion of the mantle layer called

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lithosphere

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What percentage of the people in the US use ground water for drinking and household usage

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atleast 50%

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What is formed by the erosion of soft rock formations by flowing groundwater

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caves

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Which of these is a form of moving surface water

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a stream

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Where is the greatest motion felt on the surface during an earthquake

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Right at top of the epicenter, the greatest shaking felt. It also depend on the types of soil. If the soil is soft then the intensity is amplified and where the soil is hard the intensity is damped.

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In which area do seismic waves change dramatically in speed

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outer core

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Hydroelectric dams are developed to use moving surface water to create

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electricity

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Coral reefs form in which portion of the Continental margin

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continental shelf

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Groundwater is used most by people in which of these areas

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Rural

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What percentage of Earth's surface water is in the form of glacial ice

Approximately 69%

What portion of the mantle is hot enough to begin melting rocks into magma

asthenosphere

What occurs when a continental plate collides with an oceanic plate and overtakes it

When a continental plate collides with an oceanic plate and overtakes it, this is known as subduction.

Which of the following is the process of heating water in a container and then trapping the water vapor in a sealed canister

distillation

What is the solid outer crust layer and the top portion of the mantle layer called

lithosphere

What percentage of the people in the US use ground water for drinking and household usage

atleast 50%

What is formed by the erosion of soft rock formations by flowing groundwater

caves

Which of these is a form of moving surface water

a stream

Where is the greatest motion felt on the surface during an earthquake

Right at top of the epicenter, the greatest shaking felt. It also depend on the types of soil. If the soil is soft then the intensity is amplified and where the soil is hard the intensity is damped.

In which area do seismic waves change dramatically in speed

outer core

Hydroelectric dams are developed to use moving surface water to create

electricity

What is formed by the erosion of soft rock formations by flowing groundwater

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Geology

What percentage of Earth's surface water is in the form of glacial ice

What portion of the mantle is hot enough to begin melting rocks into magma

What occurs when a continental plate collides with an oceanic plate and overtakes it

Which of the following is the process of heating water in a container and then trapping the water vapor in a sealed canister

Earth Sciences

What is the unsorted rocky debris left behind by a melting glacier

What percentage of Earth's surface water is in the form of glacial ice

What portion of the mantle is hot enough to begin melting rocks into magma

What occurs when a continental plate collides with an oceanic plate and overtakes it

Science

What occurs when a soluble mineral receives water through precipitation causing it to weaken

Which type of well occurs when a portion of an aquifer becomes pressurized to the point that it sends water back out to the surface of the soil

What percentage of the people in the US use ground water for drinking and household usage

What is formed by the erosion of soft rock formations by flowing groundwater

Science

What occurs when a soluble mineral receives water through precipitation causing it to weaken

Which type of well occurs when a portion of an aquifer becomes pressurized to the point that it sends water back out to the surface of the soil

What percentage of the people in the US use ground water for drinking and household usage

What is formed by the erosion of soft rock formations by flowing groundwater

Soil

What occurs when a soluble mineral receives water through precipitation causing it to weaken

Which type of well occurs when a portion of an aquifer becomes pressurized to the point that it sends water back out to the surface of the soil

What percentage of the people in the US use ground water for drinking and household usage

What is formed by the erosion of soft rock formations by flowing groundwater

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