Biology: Life on Earth (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780134168296
Author: Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 30, Problem 1FTB
The tilt of Earth on its axis produces ____________. Coastal climates are more moderate because of____________. A dry region on the side of a mountain range that faces away from the direction of prevailing winds is called a(n) ____________.
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Chapter 30 Solutions
Biology: Life on Earth (11th Edition)
Ch. 30 -
1. Which of the following does not characterize...Ch. 30 - The biome that is mostly covered by grass and...Ch. 30 -
3. The part of a freshwater lake that typically...Ch. 30 -
4. Which of the following is True about ocean...Ch. 30 - 5. As the global climate warms, which of the...Ch. 30 -
1. The tilt of Earth on its axis produces...Ch. 30 - Of the four major requirements of life, which are...Ch. 30 -
3. The most biologically diverse terrestrial...Ch. 30 - The shallow portion of a large freshwater lake is...Ch. 30 - The primary producers of the open ocean are mainly...
Ch. 30 - Explain how air currents contribute to the...Ch. 30 - Prob. 2RQCh. 30 - Explain why traveling up a mountain in the...Ch. 30 -
4. Where are the nutrients of the tropical...Ch. 30 - List some adaptations of desert cactus plants and...Ch. 30 - Prob. 6RQCh. 30 - Prob. 7RQCh. 30 - Prob. 8RQCh. 30 -
9. What environmental factor best explains why...Ch. 30 - Where is life in the oceans most abundant, and...Ch. 30 -
11. Distinguish among the littoral, limnetic, and...Ch. 30 - Prob. 12RQCh. 30 - 13. Compare the source, transition, and floodplain...Ch. 30 -
14. Distinguish between the photic and aphotic...Ch. 30 - Fairbanks, Alaska, the plains of eastern Montana,...Ch. 30 -
2. Using Figures 30–3 and 30–4 as starting...
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