Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. The North American Mohave desert is located on the downwind side of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, which creates a rain shadow.
2. The abyssal zone has the highest productivity and biodiversity in the ocean, partially because it is well-oxygenated and stable in temperature.
3. Humans were largely unaware of the medicinal use of many plants until the advent of modern pharmaceutical science.
4. Scientists have already observed significant range shifts as a result of climate change.
5. Political and economic pressures typically make habitat preserves larger, making it easier to set aside areas large enough to maintain biodiversity.
1. True
This statement is true. The North American Mohave desert is located on the downwind side of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, which creates a rain shadow.
2. False
This statement is false. The neritic zone has the highest productivity and biodiversity in the ocean, partially because it is well-oxygenated and stable in temperature.
3. False
This statement is false. Humans have long been aware of the medicinal use of many plants, such as in Europe, where people catalogued this knowledge in herbals—books that identify plants and their uses.
4. True
This statement is true. Scientists have already observed significant range shifts as a result of climate change. For example, some European bird species ranges have already shifted an average of 91 kilometers north.
5. False
This statement is false. Political and economic pressures typically make habitat preserves smaller, making it difficult to set aside areas large enough to maintain biodiversity.
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