Which two uses consume most freshwater in the United States?
A. irrigation and drinking water
B. irrigation and thermoelectric power
C. drinking water and showering
D. mining and raising livestock
E. mining and industrial use
Answer: B
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Tuvalu, Kiribati, and the Marshall Islands are already experiencing disastrous flooding related to global climate change. What has been the response of the people on these islands?
A) They have built polders patterned after those found in the Netherlands. B) The islands have banded together into a strong political union lobbying for a global solution to climate change. C) All three have instituted a policy of transmigration, encouraging citizens to move to the center of their island countries. D) Scientists on these islands have worked together to build a highly advanced sea wall. E) They have done nothing.
The two main geographic areas in which the tundra biome exists are
A) in the coastal northern margins of the Northern Hemisphere and on the tops of the highest mountains. B) in the coastal northern margins of the Southern Hemisphere and on the tops of the highest mountains. C) in Antarctica and Greenland. D) in central Canada and inland Siberia.
Many metals are extracted from ores that contain sulfide minerals
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Lake-effect snows are snowstorms that form on the ____ side of a large lake
a. north b. east c. upwind d. west e. downwind