Gated communities best represent

A) a zoning ordinance.
B) redlining.
C) gerrymandering.
D) segregation based on social class.
E) a country club.


Answer: D

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Describe the evidence for this that you see in the photographs or map.

The questions on the following page are based on Figure 45-4, a stereogram of the Stovepipe Wells region of Death Valley, California, Figure 45-5, a portion of the “Stovepipe Wells, California” quadrangle (scale 1:62,500; contour interval 80 feet; north is to the left side of the stereogram and topographic map), and Map T-27a, color aerial imagery of this same region of Death Valley. Several large alluvial fans that come out of the Tucki Mountains are coalescing to form a bajada 136°35'17"N, 117°06'35"W).


Figure 45-5: USGS “Stovepipe Wells, California” quadrangle. North is to the left side of the page (scale 1:62,500; contour interval 80 feet, dotted lines represent half-interval contours<--N).

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In a rural hilly neighborhood, a landowner uses bulldozers to clear all but the largest trees and cleans up a nearby stream, lining the bottom of the stream with decorative rocks and stepping-stones

Planting lawn grasses around the base of the trees, the owner wants to create a park-like setting around his home. We expect that in this ecological simplification of the cleared yard, there will be A) more species of invertebrates in the stream and on the land but fewer species of vertebrates and plants everywhere. B) more mammal and plant species but fewer birds and invertebrates on the land and in the stream. C) fewer species of vertebrates and plants everywhere but more invertebrates in the stream. D) fewer species of plants, invertebrates, and vertebrates everywhere.

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Which of the following is a cause of alkalosis?

A) a poor diet B) hyperventilation C) hypoventilation D) intense exercise

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________ applies to upward-faulted blocks that form mountains, whereas ________ applies to downward-faulted blocks that form valleys

A) thrust; normal B) graben; horst C) horst; graben D) normal; thrust

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