What factors account for the expanded size of both the population and the economy in the Rocky Mountain region during the past two decades?

What will be an ideal response?


The Rocky Mountain region, like many parts of the West, has experienced rapid growth of people attracted to the region because of tourism and recreation opportunities. This has even allowed some cities, sucha s Denver, to attract high-technology companies, building their quaternary sectors.

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a. higher; higher than b. higher; lower than c. lower; higher than d. lower; lower than e. lower; the same as

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Lakes that form in cirques are known as cols

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Global temperature trends can be inferred from changes in ________ and ________

A) fossils; hydrogen and oxygen isotopes found in sediments and glacial ice B) volcanic eruptions; isotope ratios in glacial ice C) fossils; chemical isotopes found in sediments and glacial ice D) volcanic eruptions; fossils E) fossils; isotope ratios in glacial ice

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Zones of active coastal erosion are called

A) wave refraction. B) submergent coastlines. C) tidal bore. D) emergent coastlines. E) longshore coastlines.

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