Discuss the vegetation, soil orders, temperature patterns, and state of the environment in the biome in which you live

What will be an ideal response?


Answers will vary depending on the geographic location of students. Table 20.1 nicely summarizes these characteristics for the biomes discussed in the book.

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Crustal movements of various kinds in the Earth's crust is collectively called ________ activity.

A. clastic B. 1st order C. detrital D. metamorphic E. tectonic

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The East African rift is a divergent plate boundary that is splitting the continent of Africa into two pieces. What will eventually form around this divergent boundary?

a) a continent b) a convergent boundary c) a transform boundary d) an ocean e) a hurricane

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The geologic timescale details and divides geologic time based upon

A. rock thicknesses. B. fossil data. C. unconformities.

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What are the three most valuable marine resources? How are they excavated from the ocean? Are these

resources renewable or nonrenewable? What will be an ideal response?

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