What are self-contained, self-regulating, and interacting communities adapted to local combinations of climate, topography, soil, and drainage conditions?
A. biospheres
B. ozone
C. biomes
D. ecosystems
Answer: D
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A. pillow basalts B. sheet basalts C. regional basalts D. plateau basalts E. rift basalts
Hawai'i's temperature and precipitation ________
A) Is constant, no matter the elevation or orientation of topography. B) Varies dependent on orientation of topography only. C) Varies dependent on elevation only. D) Varies dependent on the elevation or orientation of topography.
The ________ is the most recent epoch of repeated glaciation on the Earth
A) Oligocene B) Holocene C) Miocene D) Pliocene E) Pleistocene
A ________, characteristic of the contemporary North American rural landscape, is characterized by farmers living on individual farms isolated from neighbors rather than alongside other farmers in settlements
A) clustered rural settlement B) dispersed rural settlement C) clustered linear rural settlement D) clustered circular rural settlement E) main street settlement