Which of the following meteorological settings is most favorable for severe air pollution?
A) strong wind; inversion; stable
B) light wind; isothermal; stable
C) light wind; inversion; unstable
D) strong wind; lapse; unstable
Answer: C
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A) east. B) west. C) north. D) south.
Which of the following environmental problems is NOT a major issue in Australia and Oceania?
A) Major mining operations have threatened the environment. B) Global warming threatens to drown islands of the region as sea levels rise. C) Wide-scale burning of forests after they have been cleared is creating smoke pollution. D) Exotic plants and animals are leading to the extinction of indigenous species. E) Woodlands have been destroyed to produce pastures.
Individuals of a single species fighting over access to a limiting resource would be an example of ________
A) resource partitioning B) interspecific competition C) intraspecific competition D) symbiosis E) competitive exclusion
Not much dolomite is observed to be precipitating from solution in modern geologic environments. This probably means that:
a. the conditions were more conducive to precipitation of dolomite in the geologic past b. dolomite must have formed from calcite after deposition by the replacement of calcium by magnesium in the mineral structure c. dolomite is probably forming today, but we haven't located the environments where it is taking place d. dolomite must have formed from gypsum after deposition by the replacement of calcium by magnesium in the mineral structure