Identify the four steps to tropical deforestation.

What will be an ideal response?


Road cutting for logging and settlement, followed by logging, then ranching (and typically) overgrazing, and finally settlement and soil depletion.

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The downdraft in an ordinary thunderstorm is created mainly by:

a. the melting of snow in the anvil b. electrical attraction between the cloud and ground c. the release of latent heat as water in the cloud freezes d. evaporating raindrops that make the air cold and heavy e. upper level wind motions

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A surface map

A) shows the topography of the land under which weather is happening. B) depicts the general prevailing weather conditions over an area. C) has height contour lines that show wind flow. D) is only used by the television media to lend credibility to their own forecasts.

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The dominant sport played in much of Latin America is

A) soccer (futbol) B) zumba C) basketball D) volleyball E) salsa

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

Brazil has the highest population of any country in Latin America

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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