The process of ________ explains how warm, less dense air is replaced with cooler, denser air masses.
A) subduction
B) conduction
C) convection
D) invection
Answer: C) convection
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A. density-dependent limiting factor B. age distribution C. carrying capacity D. density-independent factor E. population density F. stable equilibrium phase G. exponential growth phase H. immigration I. lag phase J. K-strategist K. emigration L. dispersal M. environmental resistance N. death phase O. biotic potential P. r-strategist
(of chromosomes) pairing at meiosis and having the same structural features and pattern of genes.
What will be an ideal response?
The following questions are based on Map T-10, the “Furnace Creek, California" quadrangle (scale 1:62,500; contour interval 80 feet; dotted lines represent 20-foot contours). This portion of the Furnace Creek quadrangle shows the Panamint Range and the western side of Death Valley in Death Valley National Park (36919'08"N, 116°53'25"W). Several large alluvial fans can be seen along the eastern front of the Panamint Range. The basin floor here is called the Death Valley "salt pan," because salts have accumulated here in great thicknesses. What is the local relief shown on the map?
What occurs during the final stage, the post-industrial stage, of the demographic transition model?
a. The birth rate and the death rate are high. b. The birth rate slowly decreases and the death rate decreases. c. The population size rapidly increases. d. Both the birth rate and the death rate continue along at very low levels.