Multiple Choice
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
