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The part of the U.S. Constitution that stipulates that the U.S. Constitution and the laws and treaties created in accordance to the U.S. Constitution supersede state and local laws is called 

Within the U.S. federal system, powers belonging to the states are called 

Concurrent powers are granted by the U.S. Constitution to the states and the national government. 

The supreme court cases Smith v. Allwright ended ______________. 

Politics in Texas has been defined by the strong competition between Democrats and Republicans. 

Approximately how often has the Texas constitution been amended? 

A system where the national government and the states are each sovereign within their respective spheres is called  

Atmospheric pressure is caused by the atmosphere’s

Imagine a stream with two cross sections, A1 and A2, as shown.  If the discharge (Q) remains constant, what happens to stream velocity at Location 2 if A2 is constant but Q increases after A1 (for instance by a tributary coming in)?

When organic carbon burial exceeds the rate at which weathering returns organic carbon to the atmosphere as CO2.  How does the size of the atmospheric reservoir of carbon change? Explain why.