Explain how precipitation run-off will eventually become a stream
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Run-off starts flowing via sheet flow. Due to variations in the land surface, the sheet flow will become concentrated in low spot to develop small channels called rills. Rills meet to form gullies, which join to form larger streams (i.e., creeks).
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A. silver (Ag) B. lithium (Li) C. chlorine (Cl) D. lead (Pb) E. xenon (Xe)
An air mass exhibiting warm and humid conditions are designated as:
a. mP. b. cT. c. mT. d. cP.
Individuals of a single species fighting over access to a limiting resource would be an example of ________
A) interspecific competition B) symbiosis C) resource partitioning D) intraspecific competition E) competitive exclusion
Tornadoes in the United States occur as a result of the interaction of warm, moist _____ air masses with cold, dry ____ air masses.
(a) mT; cP (b) cP; mT (c) mP; cP (d) mT; mP