Out of Class Assignment #2:
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1: Based on the chart to the right, in order to protect the sting rays, what should be done? Is this a top-down system or bottom-up system?
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Based on the chart above, where a lynx is the predator and a snow rabbit is the pray, in order to protect the show rabbit, what should be done? Is this a top-down system or bottom-up system?
3: When traveling from the equator in Africa, northward to Europe, list the biomes, in order, that you would cross. Please explain the key factor that changes when leaving the biome along the equator and traveling north through Europe.
4: Chaparral vegetation is found in which of the following forest types?
- a) low-latitude rainforest
- b) subtropical needleleaf forest
- c) midlatitude deciduous forest
- d) boreal forest
- e) sclerophyll forest
5: The biome that is the transition between forest and grassland is the _________.
- a) low-latitude rainforest
- b) savanna
- c) tundra
- d) desert
- e) subtropical evergreen forest
6: Based on the soil profile to the right, which type of soil is represented in this image? What is the key characteristic of this soil?
7: Based on the chart to the left, you have a sample of soil that is 50% sand, 10% clay, and 40% silt. What is the texture of soil?
8: Based on the chart to the left, you have a sample of soil that is 50% clay, 10% sand, and 40% silt. What is the texture of soil?
9: Based on the chart to the left, you have a sample of soil that is 80% sand, 0% clay, and 20% silt. What is the texture of soil?
10: Based on the soil profile to the left, which type of soil is represented in this image? What is the key characteristic of this soil?
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Based on the soil profile to the above, which type of soil is represented in this image? What is the key characteristic of this soil?
12: What is the difference between the lithosphere and athenosphere? What is the key characteristic of the athenosphere that currently support the idea of the Wilson Cycle?
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What geologic feature is represented in the picture above at “A” and at “B”? Under normal conditions, where are the older rocks and where are the younger rocks?
14: What is Loihi? How does Loihi support the concept of plate tectonics? Hypothesize 1000 years into the future…what will Loihi look like?
15: The image to the left is a granite half-dome that remains from the erosion of weaker rock layers. What type of geologic feature is this? Where did this large granite intrusion come from?
16: The image to the right shows what type of geologic feature? What happened along this line? Where in the United States might you see a line like this?
17: What type of mass wasting event is represented in the image to the left?
18: What type of induced mass wasting event is represented in the image to the left? What human activity typically induces this type of mass wasting?
19: The image below is suffering from which natural disaster? This image is from Orlando. For hundreds of years, the central Florida basin did not suffer from large scale disasters like this, but recently, there has been a large upswing of these events. What are two (2) reasons that these events are becoming more common? What is one (1) way to mitigate the damage from these events?
20: What is an exotic river? Name two (2) exotic rivers and what makes them an exotic river.