What challenges would natural vegetation face growing in this climate, as opposed to the climate in Montreal or New Orleans?
Sacramento—Station # 6
What will be an ideal response?
Extensive irrigation and redistribution of regional water supplies through extensive diversion schemes is necessary for agriculture and landscaping.
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According to the primate city rule, the largest settlement has
A) about the same size as the second ranking settlement. B) slightly more people than the second ranking settlement. C) more than twice as many people as the second ranking settlement. D) about three times the population of the second ranking settlement. E) about four times the population of the second ranking settlement.
Molten rock beneath Earth's surface is known as ________, whereas molten rock on Earth's surface is called ________
A) magma; lava B) extrusive; intrusive C) lava; magma D) intrusive; extrusive
When cold, dense air accumulates in a high valley, plateau, or snowfield within a mountains area, and flows strongly down slopes to pour out onto the land below, these winds are called ____
a. land breeze b. katabatic (or drainage) winds c. Santa Ana winds d. chinook (or foehn) winds e. valley breeze
Stephen Jay Gould replicated the “craniometry” research of Samuel G. Morton and concluded that:
a. the smaller stature of females explained the difference in cranial size. b. cranial size does not indicate intelligence. c. feet size is a better predictor of intelligence. d. there is no significant difference between “races” in cranial size.