Open the brackets. 1.The lithosphere (to consist) of the thin layer known as the soil and the mass of hard rock upon which the soil lies.
2.A decade earlier, geologists (to discover) oil beneath the shores of the Arctic Ocean on Alaska's North Slope.
3.Our lives and environment today (to influence) by the effects of the glacial ages.
4.The energy of the waves (to use) in eroding and transporting sediment along the shoreline.
5.In some areas ground water now (to consume) faster than it is being replenished.
6.This country soon (to depend) upon its coal-mines for fuel, even for domestic purposes.
7.Groundwater, often a taken-for-granted resource, (to get) a lot of attention these days.
8.If people (to know) the exact time at which an earthquake was to occur, they (to try) to protect their belongings.
9.If basalt (to metamorphose) at relatively low temperatures and pressures, it (to recrystallize) into a greenschist.
10.The granitic rocks must have remained unknown and useless, if they (not to bring) to the surface.