Southern Spain, Italy, and Greece, central California:

From Table 29.1, the biome map, and the climate map, determine the terrestrial biome that best characterizes each of the following descriptions and write its name on the first line provided. On the second line, relate it to temperature and precipitation regimes and/or global pressure and wind belts outlined at the end of Section 1.


Mediterranean shrubland. borders subtropical high (desert) (influence in warm/dry summer) and prevailing westerly (mild, wet winter) belts, vegetation adapted to summer drought

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A. evaporation B. deposition C. sublimation D. condensation

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The process by which water vapor changes directly to a solid is called

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For most environmental issues, the solutions are

A) certain, and the science is certain. B) complex, but the science is certain. C) complex, and the science is insightful but tentative and evolving. D) clear and certain, and the science is insightful but tentative.

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