The term climate type and biome are interchangeable or synonymous

a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false


False
RATIONALE: Geographers recognize ten to twenty major types of terrestrial ecosystems called biomes. Biomes take into account the natural vegetation of an area where climate types do not.

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The type of structure shown in this figure is a(n)



A) thrust fault.
B) anticline.
C) syncline.
D) monocline.
E) basin.

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