Mountains tend to:
A) produce effects similar to marine climates.
B) produce more continental climates for locations downwind of them.
C) moderate seasonal temperatures.
D) enhance the effects of nearby oceans for locations that are downwind of them.
B
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Why have populations of neotropical migrants (birds that migrate from the U.S. to the tropics every year) such as tanagers declined so greatly in recent years even though their forest habitats in North America are relatively stable?
A. Loss of habitat in Central and South America. B. Pollution in the U.S. C. Colder winters in the U.S. D. They are being hunted for food in the tropics.
Place utility is important in determining what is a push factor and what is a pull factor when it comes to triggering a spatial search for a potential migrant.
A. Yes B. No
As Heezen and Tharp interpreted the ocean depth data, they identified what unusual feature that hinted at continental drift?
a) The oceanic ridges have a cleft, or rift, in the middle rather than a peak. b) The oceanic ridges have a broad, flat top very much resembling a table top. c) Ocean ridges are unique to the Pacific Ocean. d) They discovered a chain of very tall volcanoes in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean that do not rise higher than the sea surface. e) Ocean ridges abruptly stop after a few hundred kilometers and then start again after a few hundred more.
Instructions: Choose one answer from each pair of selections. The more elliptical Earth's orbit is, the GREATER | SMALLER the variation in solar energy received by Earth between its closest and farthest distance from the sun