The correct answer is - A. replacing natural vegetation with cultivated crops.
The natural vegetation is perfectly adapted to a certain environment, and it is also able to keep the soil tight with its roots, so the erosion is minimal.
When the natural vegetation is replaced by cultivated crops, than a problem occurs in the erosion of the soil. That is because the cultivated crops, in general, do not have root systems that are as strong and widespread as the natural vegetation, thus the soil becomes loosened up, so it is much easier to be eroded.
Question
Mid-ocean ridges are steeper and less broad than rises because:
Group of answer choices
A) the rocks of the mid-ocean ridges are composed of more dense mineral than the rises.
B) the rocks of the mid-ocean ridges are composed of less dense mineral than the rises.
C) The seafloor spreading rate of ridges are faster than rises causing the oceanic crust to subside closer to the ridge axis.
D) The seafloor spreading rate of ridges are slower than rises causing the oceanic crust to subside closer to the ridge axis.
E) Every ridge is composed of continental crust.
Answer:
The correct answer is D.
Explanation:
In volcanic regions, as the molten magma flows out onto the seafloor creating new beds, the faster it flows, the less steep the mid-ocean ridge is. If however, it is slow-flowing, then oceanic lithosphere formed cool closer to the ridge axis thus making it very steep.
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T|F: Is this a false statement?
The best answer is reduction in acid rain.
Acid rain is rainfall which has been rendered acidic by pollutants in the atmosphere. This kind of rain is typically harmful to forests and lakes.
The main cause of acid rain is human activities. The burning of fossil fuels such coal in electrical generating plants and crude oil products such as gasoline and diesel in car engine releases sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide into the atmosphere.
These compounds mix with water very high up in the atmosphere and form acid pollutants which fall on the ground as acid rain.
Use of clean energy will eliminate burning of fossil fuels and thus no acid rain will be produced.
