List five things that you do that can contribute to the loss of the world's wild species?
What will be an ideal response?
1. Purchase a home in a new housing subdivision that is on land that was wild.
2. Purchase an exotic bird and keep it as a pet.
3. Dump used motor oil into a storm drain that drains to a river.
4. Purchase products from endangered species (furs, ivory carvings, rugs, shoes, hats, mounted specimens, jewelry).
5. Purchase exotic imported fish for a household aquarium.
6. Use pesticides in your garden.
7. Drive an off-road vehicle through undisturbed habitats.
8. Vote against legislation to protect wild species and natural areas.
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A) Most sulfur is found in rocks and minerals. B) Unlike nitrogen and carbon, organisms do not require or contain sulfur. C) Atmospheric sulfur dioxide is contributed when humans burn fossil fuels. D) A natural source of sulfate in soils is the weathering of rocks.
Rock debris picked up in flash floods is deposited at the base of mountains in ________.
A. an alluvial fan B. a playa C. a meandering river D. an arroyo E. a barchan dune
Using the concept of the water balance that you learned in earlier chapters, speculate why basins of interior drainage in the United States are only in the west
What will be an ideal response?
A solution is prepared by dissolving 53.5 grams of ammonium chloride, NH4Cl in 4000. grams of water? What is the boiling point of this solution? [The boiling point elevation constant for water is 0.52°C/mole solute in 1000g of water]
A) 100.13°C B) 100.26°C C) 100.39°C D) 100.52°C