Which one of the following global climate changes is most associated with increased hurricane activity?
A) Increased desertification in Africa
B) Warmer oceans
C) Melting polar ice caps
D) Melting glaciers in Alaska
B
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The distinction between the Ornithischian and Saurischian dinosaurs is based on the ____
a. shape of cranial cavity b. function of teeth c. arrangement of the pelvis d. method of reproduction e. position on food chain
Why do some geologists believe a meteorite impact was not the sole cause of the extinction event at the end of the
Mesozoic? a. Iridium is not always found at the boundary between Cretaceous and Paleogene rocks. b. Meteorite impacts cause local extinctions, not global extinctions. c. The meteorite hit at the end of the Jurassic, while extinctions occurred throughout the Cretaceous. d. The location of an impact crater has not been discovered, and likely never will be. e. Terrestrial and marine extinctions have not been shown to occur at the same time.
Instructions: Choose one answer from each pair of selections. A greater mixing depth would most likely be associated with a(n) STABLE | UNSTABLE atmosphere
If you were flying across the Western United States and saw the landscape was divided by roads and fields that ran precisely east-west and north-south in regular squares and rectangles you might logically assume that this part of the country had been
surveyed using what system? A) Metes and bounds B) Township and range C) Long Lot D) Lot and block