Why does Australia have such a unique zoogeographic region and biomes?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Because of crustal plat movements, the continent has been isolated from the other plant and animal regions for more than 100 million years. This has allowed evolution time enough to make the species unique to Australia and not as diverse as other places in which mingling of species from other areas was able to occur.
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A) originated in Europe. B) originated in present-day Saudi Arabia. C) holds that Jesus was a false prophet. D) says that there will be many more true prophets in the future. E) began within a few decades of the death of Jesus.
Discuss the stratigraphy of the Grand Canyon. What does this stratigraphy imply about sea
level? What are the formation names of the Grand Canyon rocks? What will be an ideal response?
What is the rationale for the IMF and World Bank to provide loans to developing countries?
A) They will receive higher interest rates in return because of the higher risk. B) They will enable new infrastructure that will lead more domestic and foreign businesses to open and expand. C) for purely humanitarian reasons D) They are chartered to loan to high risk countries, knowing that many of the financed projects will fail. E) The huge growth potential will insure high returns.
Since 1980, Arctic sea ice has ____.
A. decreased in volume and surface area B. decreased in volume but not changed in surface area C. increased in volume and surface area D. not changed in volume or surface area E. not changed in volume, but decreased in surface area