Which Köppen climate type (or types) is most closely associated with the tropical rainforest biome?

Using the global map of biome distribution (Map T-30 in the back of the Lab Manual), the map of climate distribution (Map T-29), the maps of global temperature (Maps T-28a and T-28b), the map of global precipitation (on the inside front cover of the Lab Manual), as well as information about Köppen climate types from Exercise 23, answer the question.
What will be an ideal response?


Af (tropical wet) and some areas of Am (tropical monsoon).

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A) 76°W B) 90°W C) 180°W D) 100°W E) 235°W

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Which of the following statements about the fifty-year flood is true?

a. The fifty-year flood has a 50% chance of happening in a given year. b. The fifty-year flood has a one-in-fifty chance of happening in any given year. c. Once a fifty-year flood occurs, the region is safe for 49 years from another fifty-year flood. d. The fifty-year flood occurs once every fifty years. e. The fifty-year flood cannot happen twice in the same year.

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A) censorship. B) fundamentalism. C) authoritarianism. D) consensus building. E) gender equality.

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