Which of the following best describes ecotones?
A) They contain only species found in the bordering ecosystems.
B) They have the same abiotic characteristics as the bordering ecosystems.
C) They consist of many distinct landscapes.
D) They are transitional regions between ecosystems and may contain unique species.
D
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a. low b. high c. middle d. equatorial e. parallel
When regions are defined around places where its attributes or characteristics are very strong, but weaken or become less obvious with distance from those central areas, it is likely that this region exemplifies Meinig's
A) lifeworld. B) geographical imagination. C) core-periphery model. D) core-domain-sphere model. E) time-space convergence.
As the Sun angle ________, the amount of energy reaching the surface ________.
A) increases; increases B) increases; decreases C) increases or decreases; remains constant
Which of the following scales of analysis would provide demographic data that could be used to compare one urban neighborhood to other urban neighborhoods across a country?
A. State or province B. Metropolitan area or urban region C. County or parish (in Quebec and Louisiana) D. City or municipality E. Census tract or enumeration area