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nautica902

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Regions that show a great deal of variation in temperature, precipitation, and vegetation over a relatively short vertical change in elevation would, according to Kppen, be classified as ____.
   a. polar tundra
   b. subpolar
   c. polar ice cap
   d. torrid
   e. highland

Question 2

When the average temperature of the warmest month of a region averages above freezing, but below 10C (50F), you might expect to observe what type of vegetation there?
   a. savanna
   b. tundra
   c. taiga
   d. steppe
   e. none - its too cold for anything to grow



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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: e

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: b



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