Question: Which study would a scientist do if investigating abiotic factors in an ecosystem?

Answer: Rock Types

Question: Based on latitude, which city would be expected to have the largest annual rainfall?

Answer: Belem, Brazil at latitude 1.46°S

Question: The near-shore environment of a lake is called the

Answer: littoral zone

Question: The terms Palearctic, Oriental, Neotropical, and Nearctic refer to

Answer: current biogeographic regions.

Question: Introduction of a new species into a community very often

Answer: results in the loss of other species.

Question: Physical geography involves spatial distribution of

Answer: climates and surface features.

Question: Two cities are located at latitudes of 20°. One is in the Northern Hemisphere and the other is in the Southern Hemisphere. In what way would their climates likely be similar?

Answer: Both would have high levels of precipitation.

Question: A major difference between aquatic and terrestrial biomes is that aquatic biomes

Answer: cover a much greater percentage of Earth’s surface.

Question:

Answer: has organisms that are phylogenetically similar.

Question: The effect of human activities on ecological systems is best described as

Answer: apparent on all scales, including global.