The slowly increasing distance between South America and Africa is due to
What will be an ideal response?
seafloor spreading
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Which Köppen climate type (or types) is most closely associated with regions of the tropical scrub and the tropical savanna biomes?
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?
The Matterhorn in the Swiss Alps is an example of a nunatak
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The East Pacific Rise is an example of ________ plate boundary
A) a continental-continental divergent B) an oceanic transform C) an oceanic-continental convergent D) an oceanic-oceanic convergent E) an oceanic-oceanic divergent
Landmasses heat up and cool off more quickly than do large bodies of water
a. True b. False