Which of the following best illustrates resilience?
A) Burned trees accumulating on a forest floor after a fire
B) Soil erosion resulting from burned soil washing away from a forest floor
C) The emergence of a meadow and young trees in a recently burned forest
D) Crown fires resulting from many years of fire suppression
C
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A. bug. B. bus. C. same for both D. none of the above
The principle that explains the differential scattering of shorter wavelength radiation and accounts for the Earth's blue sky is
A) greenhouse effect. B) Mie scattering. C) transmission. D) refraction. E) Rayleigh scattering.
One of the most prominent surface features of Europe is an undulating or rolling, plain that extends without a break from near the French-Spanish border, across western and northern France, central and northern Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, northern Germany, Poland, and far into Russia, known as the __________ __________ __________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Haiti is a mountainous island nation that has terrible problems with landslides. Which of the following explanations would best explain the problem?
A) The area is hit by numerous tropical cyclones. B) Most of the forests have been cut down for charcoal, leaving barren slopes subject to mass wasting during heavy tropical rainstorms and earthquakes. C) Climate change has increased weathering rates on the island. D) The corrupt government has made poor roads subject to slope failure.