Major area of commercial grain farming:

From Table 29.1, the biome map, and the climate map, determine the terrestrial biome that best characterizes each of the following descriptions and write its name on the first line provided. On the second line, relate it to temperature and precipitation regimes and/or global pressure and wind belts outlined at the end of Section 1.


tall grass-midlatitude grasslands. temperate continental interior, insufficient precip. for trees (higher precip = taller grass)

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The Maunder minimum refers to a time when ____

A) the tilt of Earth's axis was less than it is now B) there were fewer sunspots C) Earth was closer to the sun than it is now D) few snowstorms occurred over the United States

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What one eats is revealing of one's

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Lateral levees are produced during:

a. creep b. slumping c. lateral spreading d. debris and earth flow

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