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16 Cards in this Set
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Desert wind gaps are carved in rock by...
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water
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A collapsed volcano creates a valley that the Spanish called a(n) ...
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caldera
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The bark of the ponderosa pine was used as a substitute for...
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vanilla
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The element that gives the soils of Arizona its red color is...
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iron
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What age group has seen the greatest number of avalanche deaths in the last 50 years?
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20s
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A rock weathering faster than another located next to it is an example of ...
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differential weathering
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... was responsible for the death of the Old Man on the Mountain
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frost wedging
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Layers of snow comprised of rounded and tightly packed crystals are usually ...
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straong
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In an avalanche, the breakaway wall at the bottom of the slab is the...
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staunch wall
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Another term for an avalanche is the...
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white death
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A volcanic neck used to be what part of the volcano?
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shaft
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The ... moved into the Great Lakes and destroyed the trout population
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lamprey
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The ... saved the Great Lakes from the organism in the above question
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Atlantic salmon
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The ... separates New York and Canada was turned into a canal
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St. Lawrence
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The general ... lost 18,000 soldiers and 32 elephants to avalanches
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Hannibal
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Imaginary line where water will flow on one side to the Atlantic and the other to the Pacific
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continental divide
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