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c. boreal forest ?12. This is a vegetation type dominated by Coniferous needle-leaf evergreen trees. b. midlatitude deciduous forest tundra d. Nearctic 13. Most of North America, including the U.S.A. and Canada, lies within this zoogeogr c. Palearctic a Australian b. Neotropical 14. A fossil aquifer: a. formed at the end of the last Ice Age b. is too saline to be used for drinking water c is artesian to sub-artesian d. is subject to subsidence and collapse 15. What kind of air mass originates from the interior of Canada? a maritime polar d. continental tropical b. continental polar c. maritime tropical 16. Continentality" is a term most closely associated with which climatic type? a. A (Wet) b. B (Dry) c. C (Mild mid-latitude) d. D (Severe mid-latitude) 17. This is the largest lake in the world a. Caspian Sea b, Dead Sea c. Lake Victoria d. Lake Titicaca 18. In terms of topography, the deepest soils form a. at the bottoms of hills b. on the sides of hills c. at the tops of hills _19. The Neotropical region has the most in common with. a. the Nearetic b. the Palearctic c. the Ethiopian d. the Oriental 20. What is a histosol" a a soil order characterized by a high percentage of swelling clays, which dry and crack, turning over and mixing the soil components b. a soil order that derives from volcanic ash and cinder c. a soil order that is mostly partially decomposed organic matter, because of a water -loeged condition d. a soil order that forms over permafrost because of cryoturbation 21. What is the "boreal forest"? a the forest vegetation of the humid subtropical climate type, often seen in the humid continental and marine west coast climates, the trees drop their leaves in response to a cold season b. biome that develops in the very high latitude climates, main feature is tall, coniferous, evergreen trees c. a forest type seen in some locations with the tropical savanna climate, some of the trees drop their leaves in response to a dry season and regrow them during the wet season d. a drought resistant vegetation characteristic of the dry summer subtropical climate 22. What is a "aridosol"? a a soil order characteristic of the mid-latitude steppes, relatively fertile and dark in color b. a soil order typical of deserts and steppes, it forms due to dryness c a soil order characteristic of the tropical rain forest, heavily weathered and altered d. an incompletely developed soil order 23. Most of the eastern United States was originally covered with a. grasslands b. savanna c. deciduous forest d. boreal forest 24. Unlike the other major climate types, this climate type is defined in terms of precipitation totals a. Wet (A) b. Dry (B) c. Mild/Midlatitude (C) d. Highlands (H) 25. This soil order has a high percentage of partially decomposed, acidic organic matter and forms mainly due to a water-logBed condition. a ultisols b. mollisols ?. histosols d. aridisols

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16. B.
17. A Caspian Sea, Asia: 143,000 square miles (371,000 sq km).
18. C
19. D
20. C
21. B
?22. B
23. C
?24. A
25. C

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