What factors have favored habitation in the Rimland and highland areas of Latin America?


• access to water
• favorable climates
• sites of Native American civilizations or sites that European settlers built

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The trophic pyramid, from base to top, is ________. The amount of energy that is transferred from one level to the next is ________

a. primary producers, primary consumers, consumers, top consumers; 50% b. top consumers, consumers, primary consumers; primary producers; 50% c. top consumers, consumers, primary consumers; primary producers; 10% d. primary producers, primary consumers, consumers, top consumers; 10%

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What has caused changes to the water level in the High Plains aquifer?

A) erosion B) irrigation C) increasing urban demand D) tectonic plate movement

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Why is it that rocks containing calcite occur all over the United States, yet soils containing calcite are restricted to the southwestern region?

What will be an ideal response?

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According to plate tectonic theory, the San Andreas fault is a transform boundary that separates the North American plate from the ________.

A. Australian plate B. Caribbean plate C. Eurasian plate D. Cocos plate E. Pacific plate

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