What was one effect of the earthquake in California's Lower San Fernando Valley in 1971? It created a new fault line under the dam It caused the dam's crest to slide loose It increased the amount of water behind the dam It made the local leaders ignore the damage

What is unique about the Gobi Desert? Large amount of lush green plants Extremely cold winters and blistering hot summers. Hot spot for eco tourism Large number of manufacturing plants and small communities

Where would a taiga habitat most likely be found? Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay Russia, Mongolia and China France, Austria and Hungary Egypt, Sudan and Chad

$(12.2)$ Uses fault size and distance that fault blocks move to measure magnitude a moment magnitude b seismograph c Richter scale d modified Mercalli scale

Monsoons are year-round phenomena. True False

(12.1) Rayleigh waves cause the ground to move a in a horizontal direction b in a back-and-forth direction C in a jerky, up-anc Hown motion d in an elliptical, rolling motion

Non-clastic sedimentary rocks form when __ leads to the precipitation of minerals. A) Chemical Processes B) Evaporation C) Biological Processes D) All of the above

Water is capable of depositing more coarse-grained sediment than wind. True False

Which of the following bodies of water does not touch Japan? Philippine Sea Korea Strait Sea of Japan South China Sea

4. Name other resources that can be found in the other four (4) Georgia Regions.

Asia represents 5 percent of earth's land area but over 62 percent of the world's population lives there. True False