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1
What are key elements of the environment?
Water
All the above
Soil
Sunlight and Temperature
2
Northern hemisphere goes counterclockwise
False
True
3
The elliptical orbit of the Earth around the sun is responsible for the seasons
False
True
4
When the sun rays strike the northern hemisphere more directly, it experiences
The rainy season
Summer
The dry season
Winter
5
Southern hemisphere goes clockwise
False
True
6
Which of the following would not affect the given climate of an area?
The number of species present
Air wind circulation patterns
The intensity of the sun
Geological feature
7
ENSO stands for El Niño, southern oscillation
True
False
8
What is a rainshadow?
Area of land that receives dry air after it moved across a mountain range
A quiet period that follows a major hurricane
Western blowing wind that generates tropical storms
An intense rainstorm that temporarily obscures the sun
9
What is the ultimate source of energy for life on earth?
Solar radiation
None of the above
Trophic levels
Primary producers
10
The large scale precipitation patterns on earth are controlled by large air circulation patterns
True
False
11
(Coriolis effect) a rocket fired in the northern hemisphere is deflected to the ___ from the point of origin.
Right
West
East
Left
12
Which organism would have the lowest probability of being found 250 m below the ocean surface.
Shark
Whale
Shrimp
Phytoplankton
13
Water is most dense at 4°C in least dense at 0°C
True
False
14
Which of the following would have the fewest numbers of borrowing animals?
Savanna
Desert
Arctic tundra
Grassland
15
Which are local factors?
Geology
Topography
Living organisms
All the above
16
Land areas that sit at 30° latitude north and south are called subsidence zones what biome is in most of those areas?
Tundra
Wet Lush rainforests
Dry desert
Taiga
