
Biology: Life on Earth
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ISBN: 9780321729712
Author: Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers
Publisher: Benjamin Cummings
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Chapter 29, Problem 1RQ
Explain how air currents contribute to the formation of rain forests and large deserts.
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Chapter 29 Solutions
Biology: Life on Earth
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1. The tilt of Earth on its axis produces...Ch. 29 - Of the four major requirements of life, which are...Ch. 29 -
3. The most biologically diverse terrestrial...Ch. 29 - Fill-in-the-Blank In the___________ biome, most of...Ch. 29 - The shallow portion of a large freshwater lake is...Ch. 29 - The primary producers of the open ocean are mainly...Ch. 29 - Explain how air currents contribute to the...Ch. 29 - Prob. 2RQCh. 29 - Explain why traveling up a mountain in the...Ch. 29 -
4. Where are the nutrients of the tropical...
Ch. 29 - Explain two undesirable effects of agriculture in...Ch. 29 - List some adaptations of desert cactus plants and...Ch. 29 - Prob. 7RQCh. 29 - Prob. 8RQCh. 29 - Prob. 9RQCh. 29 -
9. What environmental factor best explains why...Ch. 29 - Where is life in the oceans most abundant, and...Ch. 29 -
11. Distinguish among the littoral, limnetic, and...Ch. 29 - Prob. 13RQCh. 29 - 13. Compare the source, transition, and floodplain...Ch. 29 -
14. Distinguish between the photic and aphotic...Ch. 29 - In which terrestrial biome is your college or...Ch. 29 - Fairbanks, Alaska, the plains of eastern Montana,...Ch. 29 -
2. Using Figures 30–3 and 30–4 as starting...
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