What is one of the major differences in the process of diffusion of popular culture compared to a folk custom?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Popular customs diffuse more rapidly, more extensively, and through modern communications. Folk customs diffuse more slowly, at a smaller scale, and through migration.

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Studies of past correlations between climate and atmospheric composition allow us now to project atmospheric warming very precisely as a function of CO2 concentration.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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What is the general correlation between the concentration of CO2 and temperature in the Antarctic over the last 800,000 years, as shown in Figure 24-5?

The question is based on Figure 24-5, showing variations in CO2 and temperature anomalies in Antarctica going back 800,000 years. This temperature record shows the major glacial (cold) and interglacial (warm) periods of the later Pleistocene Epoch (2.58 million to 11,700 years ago). What will be an ideal response?

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Water moves into soil particles in an expansive soil because of:

a. high pressure caused by rising water tables b. increasing permeability due to weathering of the soil c. suction caused by dry conditions d. osmotic potential between interparticle spaces and larger soil pores

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The price consumers are willing to pay for a resource that may be limited depends on ________

A) how much they can afford at a time the resource is limited B) their access to the resource in their community C) their perceived need for the resource D) how much of the resource is remaining to purchase E) their ability to pay more than someone else

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