Santa Ana winds warm by ____________________ as they flow down an elevated desert plateau
Fill in the blank with correct word.
ANSWER: compression
compressional heating
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A) favoring K-selected species. B) creating a dynamic equilibrium in species populations. C) reducing the area covered by ecotones. D) reducing biodiversity.
Which of the following is a major source of earthquakes associated with continental collisions?
A) Thrust faults B) Slip along the plate boundary C) Faulting in a wide area adjacent to the collision zone D) All of these are correct.
An estimated 4 billion people cannot create wealth or recuperate from disaster because of the lack of
A) legal records. B) money. C) capital investment. D) credit.
The modified salmon were created by _____.
a. injecting the salmon with steroids, such as testosterone b. fusing salmon and shark eggs c. adding genetic material from a Pacific salmon and an eel-like fish d. producing only male salmon, which tend to be larger than females