- 12.1: Review the Key Questions and Concepts for this chapter on p. 278. D...
- 12.2: Define food security and food insecurity. What is the root cause of...
- 12.3: What three systems supply most of the worlds food? Define irrigatio...
- 12.4: Distinguish between crossbreeding through artificial selection and ...
- 12.5: What are two major advantages of high-yield modern agriculture? Wha...
- 12.6: Summarize agricultures contribution to projected climate change. Ex...
- 12.7: What is a pest? Define and give two examples of a pesticide. Descri...
- 12.8: What are the two main approaches used by governments to influence f...
- 12.9: What is soil conservation? Describe six ways to reduce topsoil eros...
- 12.10: What are the three big ideas of this chapter? Describe the relation...
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Key Science Terms and definitions covered in this textbook
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Anemometer
An instrument used to determine wind speed.
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Continental volcanic arc
Mountains formed in part by igneous activity associated with the subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath a continent.
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Fault-block mountain
A mountain formed by the displacement of rock along a fault.
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Felsic
The group of igneous rocks composed primarily of feldspar and quartz.
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Food web
A group of interrelated food chains.
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High cloud
A cloud that normally has its base above 6,000 meters; the base may be lower in winter and at high-latitude locations.
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Isostasy
The concept that Earth’s crust is floating in gravitational balance upon the material of the mantle.
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Lahar
Mudflows on the slopes of volcanoes that result when unstable layers of ash and debris become saturated and flow downslope, usually following stream channels.
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Longitudinal (seif dunes)
Long ridges of sand oriented parallel to the prevailing wind; these dunes form where sand supplies are limited.
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Mean solar day
The average time between two passages of the Sun across the local celestial meridian.
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Monocline
A one-limbed flexure in strata. The strata are unusually flat-lying or very gently dipping on both sides of the monocline.
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Mountain breeze
The nightly downslope winds commonly encountered in mountain valleys.
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Obliquity
The angle between the planes of Earth’s equator and orbit.
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Partial melting
The process by which most igneous rocks melt. Since individual minerals have different melting points, most igneous rocks melt over a temperature range of a few hundred degrees. If the liquid is squeezed out after some melting has occurred, a melt with a higher silica content results.
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Porosity
The volume of open spaces in rock or soil.
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Rain
Drops of water that fall from clouds that have a diameter of at least 0.5 millimeter (0.02 inch).
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Rift valley
A long, narrow trough bounded by normal faults. It represents a region where divergence is taking place.
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Solar nebula
The cloud of interstellar gas and/or dust from which the bodies of our solar system formed.
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Sun are striking either the
Tropic of Cancer or the Tropic of Capricorn. Solstice represents the longest or shortest day (length of daylight) of the year.
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Temperature inversion
A layer in the atmosphere of limited depth where the temperature increases rather than decreases with height.