What characteristics of the climate in these regions would tend to limit the growth of extensive forest (such as those found in the tropical rainforest and tropical deciduous forest biomes)?
Using the global map of biome distribution (Map T-30 in the back of the Lab Manual), the map of climate distribution (Map T-29), the maps of global temperature (Maps T-28a and T-28b), the map of global precipitation (on the inside front cover of the Lab Manual), as well as information about Köppen climate types from Exercise 23, answer the question.
What will be an ideal response?
Lower annual precipitation and/or significant dry season.
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If the atmosphere is absolutely unstable
A) it is conducive to major uplift of air. B) there is almost no chance of precipitation. C) the environmental lapse rate is much less than 10 degrees Celsius per kilometer. D) the environmental lapse rate is less than the dry adiabatic lapse rate. E) a temperature inversion has occurred.
This is an important source of human-caused acid deposition
A) sulfur dioxide. B) lead. C) mercury. D) carbon monoxide. E) volatile organic compounds.
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A) 10 B) 4 C) 1 D) 2 E) 1/2