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daltonest1984

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The reason land surfaces do not flood and oceans do not dry upas a result of imbalances in the hydrologic cycleis a process called ________.
 
  A) precipitation
  B) evaporation
  C) evapotranspiration
  D) infiltration
  E) runoff

Question 2

The maximum time water can be excluded from the hydrologic cycle (i.e., exist in storage) is at least ________.
 
  A) a day
  B) a month
  C) a year
  D) hundreds of thousands of years
  E) as old as the Earth itself
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Reply #1 on: Jul 13, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: E

Answer to Question 2

Answer: D


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