What factors determine whether a species will adapt to a change or whether the change will render it extinct?
What will be an ideal response?
"There are four key variables among species that will affect whether or not a viable population of individuals is likely to survive new conditions: (1) geographical distribution, (2) specialization to a given habitat or food supply, (3) genetic variation within the gene pool of the species, and (4) the reproductive rate relative to the rate of environmental change."
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Metamorphism is a process where:
a. rocks transport from one place to another b. rocks change from one form to another c. rocks experience differential chemical weathering and erosion d. rocks intrude into other rocks due to the pressure change
Which of the following is true about women in rural Africa?
A) supplement income with crafts B) work as subsistence and commercial farmers C) experience desertification effects D) effective poverty reduction E) supplement income with crafts, work as subsistence and commercial farmers, experience desertification effects
Which of the following is a pattern of North American population movements?
A) an exodus of the Sunbelt B) pan-metropolitan growth where urbanites move frequently between large cities such as New York, Chicago and Los Angeles C) a movement from the Pacific to the Atlantic coastline D) the movement of African-Americans out of the South starting in the 20th century E) urban-to-rural migration as a result of job opportunities in agriculture
Radioactive decay in the Earth, especially in the Earth's crust, creates a tremendous amount of
A. pressure. B. heat.