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Q: What often occurs on steep slopes in dry climates? Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers: Landslides often occur on steep slopes in dry or semi-arid climates. The California coastline, with its steep cliffs and years of drought punctuated by seasons of abundant rainfall, is prone to landslides. Wet soil becomes slippery and heavy. Earthquakes often trigger landslides. The shaking ground causes soil and rocks to break loose and start sliding. Choices: - volcanoes - earthquakes - tsunamis - landslides A:
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landslides

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Q: What precious resource allows us to grow food as well as materials we turn into clothing and medicine? Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers: Soil is a precious resource. It allows us to grow food and the materials we use to make everything from the shirt you have on to the medicine you took this morning. Soil is made up of small pieces of rock that have broken down over hundreds, if not thousands, of years. Soil is also partly made up of the remains of plants and animals, and is home to many organisms, from earthworms to ants. But soil can be damaged by unsustainable farming practices and clear-cut logging. In this chapter, you will learn how soil forms, what it contains, and how to protect it. Choices: - petroleum - mercury - gasoline - soil A:
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soil

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Q: What gives the plant cell strength and protection? Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers: Second, plant cells have a cell wall , while animal cells do not ( Figure below ). The cell wall surrounds the plasma membrane but does not keep substances from entering or leaving the cell. A cell wall gives the plant cell strength and protection. Choices: - the protons - the cell nucleus - the genes - a cell wall A:
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a cell wall