It is amazing that one can drive from the wet eastern slope of Mount Waialeale to less than 20 miles (32 k) at the town of Kaumakani which is what?
A) The rainiest place on Earth
B) Gets less rainfall per year than the deserts of Africa
C) Gets little more rainfall per year than the deserts of Arizona.
D) Is the driest place on Earth.
C
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A. The Martian atmosphere is much thinner and retains little heat. B. Martian carbon dioxide contains a rare isotope with little ability to trap heat. C. Its mass is only one-ninth of Earth's. D. Greenhouse gas emissions were greatly curtailed according to the International Mars Greenhouse Gas Reduction Treaty of 2003.
Why do you think the government and people of the Netherlands have a big stake in curtailing global warming?
A) They don't have enough fresh drinking water. B) A rise of the sea level would threaten their dike systems and could cause a significant loss of land and developed infrastructure. C) They welcome global warming because it is so cold there. D) They rely on wind energy, and global warming might change the direction and intensity of the wind. E) They are responsible for causing much of the global warming and feel responsible.
About 83% of the world's human population lives in ____.
A. nations with high average income per person B. the United States, Japan, Australia, and Germany C. more-developed countries D. less-developed countries E. environmentally-sustainable societies
If you are walking through a forest dense with oak and hickory trees and thick with leaf litter underfoot, you would assume you are in a
a. tropical savanna b. temperate deciduous forest c. tropical rain forest d. temperate rain forest e. coniferous forest