The Amount of Time a Material Stays Within a Given

question 25

Multiple Choice

The amount of time a material stays within a given reservoir in the Earth System is its _________.

• A) residence time
• B) temporal cycle
• C) mass-transfer cycle
• D) cyclic rate

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