What are the factors contributing to the shortage of water in California?

What will be an ideal response?


1) California is a major produce resource for the United States and those crops require large amounts of water to thrive. 2) California receives most of the water it uses from long distances via irrigation. 3) Other water is pumped from wells that are not replaced anywhere near as quickly as the water is being removed.

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A) codominance. B) pleiotropy. C) incomplete dominance. D) a polygenic trait.

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Distinguish wave height from wavelength

What will be an ideal response?

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Agribusiness in the U.S. has not significantly extended livestock farming

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The expression of the heat capacity of a substance is the substance's

A) kinetic potential. B) specific heat. C) latent heat. D) heat of vaporization.

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