What role (if any) will our changing climate play in future desertification?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Average global temperatures will increase in the next century, resulting in an expansion of existing deserts and possible creation of new ones.

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Coastal flooding is not as deadly as earthquakes. Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Each business cycle leaves a geographic imprint based on investment and disinvestment at the local level. These local landscapes are imprinted in which of the following ways?

A) Local labor forces are constructed. B) Local economies, landscapes and social structures are changed. C) These local imprints are generally short-lived. D) Each wave or cycle imprints the local landscape completely separately from previous or subsequent waves. E) Local labor forces are constructed and local economies, landscapes, and social structures are change.

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The proposal that contends that Earth is in the center of the universe is called the ________ view

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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The non-Hispanic white population of the United States

A) lives overwhelmingly in eastern United States B) is decreasing as a percentage of the total population due to higher death rates than birth rates C) currently is already in a minority status D) is currently increasing as a result of immigration E) will probably achieve minority status by 2050

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