Discuss the recent proposal by Paul Crutzen and Eugene Stoermer for the addition of the Anthropocene Epoch to the
Geologic Time Scale. What evidence supports this inclusion? What refutes it? What will be an ideal response?
The student should discuss how the rise of human influence on the Earth’s system and
subsystems has profoundly changed the character of the planet. Many species have been
influenced by this change and global geologic processes are not immune to human effects.
Examples include species that have become extinct due to hunting or habitat destruction.
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Passive solar heating systems involve
A. green roofs. B. pumping a heat-absorbing fluid through collectors on the roof. C. wind turbines with solar panels attached. D. foil sheets under the floor. E. adobe walls and windows that face the sun and store the collected solar energy.
The cool ocean currents, such as the Humboldt Current, that flow along the west coasts of continents promote ________ when conditions in these regions are warm and moist
A) heavy rainfall B) fog C) thunderstorm development D) warm, mild conditions
Tropical grasslands differ from midlatitude grasslands in that ____
a. the environmental control factor of fire is insignificant b. savanna grasses are very short c. tropical grassland includes a scattering of trees d. tropical grasslands terminate rather abruptly against rain forest e. the tropical grasslands support grazing animals
Tropical savannas are treeless areas in the equatorial region
Indicate whether the statement is true or false