What of the following is NOT predicted for the Caribbean as a result of global climate change?
A) a loss of biodiversity
B) variable rainfall leading to both floods and droughts
C) a rise in sea level by 0.6 meters
D) a decrease in surface temperatures between 1.2°C and 2.3°C
E) increased frequency and intensity of hurricanes
D) a decrease in surface temperatures between 1.2°C and 2.3°C
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A. randomly scattered lights; faint, no real pattern B. a string of lights east and west along the coast C. a fairly uniform distribution of light throughout the country D. a snake of light along the Nile River, surrounded by deep darkness
A given isotherm in the Northern Hemisphere during the winter,
a. bends equatorward over the continents. b. bends equatorward over both the oceans and the continents. c. bends pole-ward over the continents. d. bends equatorward over the oceans.
Which of the following fast-swimming fish has the lowest body temperature?
A) Bluefin tuna (Thynnus) B) Bonito (Sarda) C) Mackerel (Scomber) D) Moonfish Opah (Lampris guttatus) E) Yellowtail (Seriola)
If you were walking from Hammer Lake to Blue Ridge, would you be walking over a till plain or an outwash plain? Explain.
A sinuously curving, narrow ridge of coarse sand and gravel is called an esker. Eskers form along the channel of a meltwater stream that flows beneath a glacier, in an ice tunnel, or between ice walls beneath the glacier. As a glacier retreats, the steep-sided esker is left behind in a pattern roughly parallel to the path of the glacier. What will be an ideal response?