The majority of the smaller Pacific islands lying in the tropics are influenced by the easterly _______ that bring abundant precipitation for tropical rain forest climate and biome types
a. trade winds
b. doldrums
c. frontal winds
d. noreasters
e. tropical depressions
A
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Effective environmental leadership
a. leads by working within the system b. leads by example c. leads by working within the government or environmental arena d. leads by working for better solutions to environmental problems e. all of these answers
Winds carry air from ________
A) areas of high temperature toward areas of low temperature B) areas of high pressure toward areas of low pressure C) areas of low pressure toward areas of high pressure D) areas of low temperature toward areas of high temperature
A position that forests should be managed for the lumber that can be obtained from them is an example of
A. ecocentrism. B. anthropocentrism. C. biocentrism. D. None of the statements is correct.
The continental rise typically ends at a(n) ________ at a depth of about 5 kilometers.
A. slope B. mid-oceanic ridge C. abyssal plain D. continental slope E. trench