Some map projections are designed to preserve or distort a specific metric property less than the other. List four of these projection and which property they preserve
Conformal - shape
Equal-area - area
Equidistant - distance
Compromise - aesthetically, distorts all properties about equally
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Characteristic of intensive subsistence agriculture is the great amount of ________ required for attaining high yields
A) labor B) fertilizers C) land D) both labor and land E) both land and fertilizers
List or describe at least five ways that we can protect tropical forests and begin to slow their destruction and loss
What will be an ideal response
Over the past decade, the salinity of high-latitude oceans has ________ due to________
A) increased; ocean absorption of excess atmospheric carbon dioxide and associated coral die off
B) declined; coastal erosion caused by changes in stream flow and increased precipitation
C) increased; higher evaporation rates associated with climate change
D) declined; freshwater inputs from melting ice
E) increased; changes in thermohaline circulation associated with the Pacific Decadal Oscillation
True/False: Wind is driven by vertical difference in pressure. The vertical pressure differences are caused by the uneven heating of the Earth's surface.
a. True b. False