QUESTION 1 Which US grown plant consumes the most water due to irrigation wheat

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QUESTION 1

Which US grown plant consumes the most water due to irrigation

wheat

beans

oats

grass

corn

2 points   

QUESTION 2

Which of the following choices is the best simple definition for gradient?

Curvyness

Steepness

Size

Width

2 points   

QUESTION 3

Surface mining includes...

All of these choices.

strip mining.

removal of overburden to extract ore.

open-pit mining.

quarrying.

2 points   

QUESTION 4

Lithospheric plates consist of...

crust and the moho.

Benioff zones and crust.

crust and part of the upper mantle.

asthenosphere and the moho.

2 points   

QUESTION 5

From inside to outside, the Earth structure consists of...

lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, core.

core, asthenosphere, lithosphere, crust.

core, mantle, crust.

core, mesosphere, lthosphere.

2 points   

QUESTION 6

Eastern Africa is characterized by which type of plate tectonic activity:

oceanic-oceanic transform.

continental-oceanic transform.

continental-continental divergence.

continental-oceanic subduction.

wheat

beans

oats

grass

corn

Explanation / Answer

1. Beans utilize the 1869 m3/ton of water in U.S. Hence, the correct option is B.

2. Gradient refers to the steepness or slope of the bed. Hence, the correct option is B.

3. The given all the options refer to the surface mining. Hence, the correct option is A.

4. Lithospheric plates includes the crust and ultramafic mantle such as the part of the upper mantle. Hence, the correct option is C.

5. Order of layers from innerside to outer side is core, mantle, and crust. Hence, the correct option is C.

6. Eastern Africa plate boundary is a divergent plate boundary of continental plates. Hence, the correct option is C.

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