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A water-bearing rock strata is called

An Aquifer

.A(n) ____________ is a center of high pressure and is generally responsible for fair wather.

Anticyclone

"Deficit" and "surplus" components of the water balance equation are starting points for determining the final balance.

False

.In plate tectonic theory, there is no viable mechanism proposed for causing the movement of the plates.

False

.Most of the "water in" in the water balance equation is from fog drip.

False

Alfred Wegener proposed the theory of continental drift in 1969.

False

Biomes are usually named after the predominant animal living there

False

If enough water is taken from an underground aquifer, the land above it might actually sink in a process known as "subterranean termite effect

False

Metamorphic rocks can never be composed of igneous rock material.

False

Taiga also means "temperate forest."

False

The transition zone between two ecosystems is called ecology.

False

Toward the coasts of continents in midlatitudes, rainfall becomes less dependable, and climate becomes more continental

False

Tropical grassland is called Atlanta.

False

True desserts are defined as receiving less than 20 inches (500 mm) of rainfall per year.

False

Tundra is a Russian word that means "trees on a plain."

False

Tundra means well-watered plain

False

Two continental plates may collide and cause glaciers.

False

Biomass in a rain forest is concentrated

High up in the canopy

Most of the water that is drawn into the atmosphere as water vapor comes from

Ocean

Actual evapotranspiration is determined by

POTET-DEFIC

.Plate movement is believed to be explained by sea floor spreading.

True

A tropical savanna is a good example of an ecotone.

True

A water balance can be established for any area of Earth's surface by calculating the total precipitation input and the total of various outputs.

True

Droughts result from deficit conditions, where ACTET is greater than the available moisture

True

Lithospheric plates consist of the crust and upper mantle.

True

One of the unique properties of water is that it is a liquid at room temperature.

True

Soil saturation is important to the amount of overland flow experienced.

True

Succulence describes thick, fleshy, water-holding tissue such as that of cacti.

True

The botanical (plant) and zoological (animal) regions forming the world biogeographical realms are largely similar.

True

The three types of plate boundaries are converging, diverging, and transform.

True

Water balances describe the various ways in which the water supply is expended

True

.Windward areas of O'ahu contain mostly

Ultisols

Streams that flow in dry places

both of the above

Deforestation, if it is held to the current rate, is no threat to forest ecosystem around the world in the near future.

false

In Hawai'i, we are lucky to have kept almost all of the original biomes in the islands.

false

Sea floor spreading explains the heating of tropical waters.

false

Temperate areas are mostly in northern Asia

false

Tropical forest is generally found in the high latitudes.

false

A large, stable terrestrial ecosystem is known as a biome.

true

An aquifer is porous and permeable rock that contains a significant amount of water.

true

An artesian system requires an aquiclude.

true

Ephemerals reproduce quickly when a rain provides the water in an otherwise dry area.

true

Hawai'i is a prototype example of the compactness of biomes on tropical islands.

true

POTET is the amount of moisture that would evaporate and transpire if the moisture were available.

true

Porosity of the soil has to do with how much space there is between the soil particles.

true

Taking more water out an aquifer than is being replenished is known as water mining.

true

Temperate deciduous forest dominates large tracts of the Eurasian and North American continents.

true

The distribution of tropical biomes depends largely on the location and movement of the major source of rainfall: the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ).

true

Water expands as it freezes.

true

Water moves from the surface into the soil by infiltration and percolation.

true


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