unit 15 q's

What is the connection between deforestation of rainforests and McDonalds?

As forests are cleared, cattle ranchers move in creating pasturelands

A savanna climate is denoted in Köppen classification as:

Aw

Deforestation of tropical rainforests is occurring in:

a) the Amazon b) tropical areas of Africa c) Indonesia and Malaysia d) all of these places ***only (a) and (b)

For A climates the coolest month must be:

above 18°C

If rainforest trees are removed by logging, _____.

agriculture would be successful soils would be rich in minerals trees would grow back quickly all of these ***none of these

B climates are found in all of these EXCEPT:

high latitudes

B climates can be found:

in all of these

In B climates, actual evapotranspiration is generally ___ potential evapotranspiration.

less than

In B climates most of the net radiation is used in:

sensible heat

The Sahel of Africa is located:

south of the Sahara

For Am climates, most precipitation occurs in the ____.

summer

Desertification is:

the process of desert expansion into the steppes