Answer:
C. There is more usable freshwater below the earth's surface than there is above it.
Explanation:
A. Most of earth's freshwater is found in lakes and rivers.
Although lakes and river are one of the surface water that house the highest percentage of fresh water (about 0.3%) but most of the earths fresh water are not found in lakes and rivers but are found in ground water and ice caps and glaciers. This statement is definitely not true.
B. Almost half of the water in the U.S. is used for mining and industry.
According to USGS(US geological survey) most water usage in the US is for thermoelectric power and irrigation followed by public supply before the use for mining and industry comes in. The statement is wrong to say almost half of the water in the US is used for mining and industry.
C. There is more usable freshwater below the earth's surface than there is above it.
Fresh water in ground water constitute about 30.1 % fresh water found in the earth. In fact some of the fresh water found on surface water bodies like rivers migrated from ground water. Groundwater is the largest reservoir of usable fresh water. The statement is correct and it is true.
D. Water is called the "universal solvent" because it dissolves in most other liquids.
Water is regarded as a universal solvent because it dissolves more substances than any other liquid not because it dissolve in most other liquids.
The natural cycle that would have a direct effect of burning of fossil fuels would be the carbon cycle. <span>The </span>carbon cycle<span> is the biogeochemical </span>cycle<span> by which </span>carbon<span> is exchanged among the biosphere, pedosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere of the Earth. Hope this answers the question.</span>
You might recognize that a tsunami is approaching because the ocean tide begins to recede to an extremely low level.
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Answer:
Conditions at the base of a glacier increase glacial flow velocity -
Steeper slope
Smooth rock / glacier contact
Colder basal water temperature.
Explanation:
Steeper slope and smooth rock/glacier contact will increase glacial flow velocity because higher the steepness higher the velocity and smoothness will apply less friction.
Due to decrease in ice thickness the load at the bottom of the glacier will decrease, and we know that the glacier flows under the load of itself, so lesser the load lesser the velocity.
Colder basal water temperature will generate less amount of melt as compared to warmer basal water temperature, so in colder condition, glacial flow velocity will not be increased.
