The hydrologic cycle
A) refers to the highly localized transfer of water from plants and soils to the atmosphere and back.
B) focuses on surface runoff's contribution to oceanic currents.
C) is limited to freshwater circulation in the hydrosphere.
D) involves the continuous movement of water in all its states throughout the lower atmosphere, biosphere, lithosphere, and hydrosphere.
E) is the groundwater component of the global water cycle.
Question 2
Characteristic fauna of what biome include large ungulates (hooved mammals), such as giraffe, zebra, buffalo, gazelle, wildebeest, antelope, and rhinoceros?
A) Boreal and montane forest
B) midlatitude broadleaf and mixed forest
C) midlatitude grassland
D) tropical rain forest
E) tropical savanna
A harbour porpoise at an aquarium. In the wild, porpoises rarely jump out of the water.
Plants
Plants
Soils support plant growth through ion exchange
Shallow-water systems are highly productive
Cardiac cycle