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1- During a particularly cold winter in Florida, the temperatures remained below

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Question

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During a particularly cold winter in Florida, the temperatures remained below freezing for several weeks. To avoid freeze damage to the crops, farmers used well water to continuously spray the crop and maintain a protective coating of ice around the crop. Shortly after this long cold snap, sinkholes began forming throughout the region. Were these events linked?

Select one:

a. No; sinkholes form in a karst landscape, which farmers cannot farm on.

b. No; watering crops does not cause the formation of sinkholes.

c. Yes; the farmers added too much weight to the surface and induced subsidence.

d. Yes; the farmers removed too much water from the aquifers and induced subsidence.

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Most hot deserts ________.

Select one:

a. cool off greatly at night because of sparse vegetation, dry air, and little cloud cover

b. gain additional heat at night because the desert air rises

c. retain their high temperatures throughout the night because there is no vegetation to absorb heat from the sediment at the surface

d. cool off by no more than 8°C on most nights

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Iron-rich, well oxidized strata will be ________.

Select one:

a. dark red

b. gray

c. green

d. tan

Explanation / Answer

Question 1
Answer: b. No; watering crops does not cause the formation of sinkholes.
During a particularly cold winter in Florida, the temperatures remained below freezing for several weeks. To avoid freeze damage to the crops, farmers used well water to continuously spray the crop and maintain a protective coating of ice around the crop. Shortly after this long cold snap, sinkholes began forming throughout the region. No, these were not events linked and watering crops does not cause the formation of sinkholes.

Question 3

Iron-rich, well oxidized strata will be dark red color

Answer: a.dark red