A watershed is ________
A) a term used to describe water stored underground
B) a river that drains into the sea
C) an inland basin that connects to another inland basin
D) the area of land that drains into a river or lake
E) the water held in the atmosphere prior to returning to Earth in the form of rainfall
Answer: D
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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a. True b. False
Dung beetles live in regions where cattle graze, quickly burying and recycling cattle droppings
Because of the dung beetle's activities, breeding habitats and resources for disease-carrying flies are reduced, and the plants upon which cattle feed are nourished. The relationship between the dung beetles and the cattle is a type of ________. A) mutualism B) intraspecific competition C) parasitism D) interspecific competition
The weak Sun paradox concerns
A) why solar output is currently so low. B) how life evolved on Earth, given that the Sun does not put out as much energy as many other stars. C) why the temperature of the Earth was as high as it was during the Earth's first billion years. D) the impact of the Maunder Minimum on current climate. E) none of the above