Planktonic organisms that spend part of their life in planktonic form and the rest of their life as either benthos or nekton are called ________

A) bacterioplankton
B) holoplankton
C) macroplankton
D) meroplankton
E) zooplankton


D

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a. there is little water vapor in the air to absorb and re-radiate infrared radiation. b. the light-colored sand radiates heat very rapidly at night. c. dry air is a very poor heat conductor. d. free convection cells are unable to form above the hot desert ground. e. the ozone content of desert air is very low.

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With the cementation of loose particles sediment becomes ________.

A. lithified B. molten C. igneous D. basalt E. metamorphic

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Subduction zones ____.?

a. dissipate heat from Earth's interior b. ?occur when plates collide instead of sink c. ?produce high mountain ranges d. ?generate Earth's largest earthquakes e. ?are rarely associated with volcanoes

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Why is it difficult to know if we are out of the Pleistocene or merely in an interglacial period?

What will be an ideal response?

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