Why is the state of Florida particularly likely to experience sinkholes? It has

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Why is the state of Florida particularly likely to experience sinkholes? It has mostly fossil aquifers it has mostly artesian wells corrosive nature of seawater it is underlain with limestone bedrock The Neotropical region has the most in common with: the Nearctic the Palearctic the Ethiopian the Oriental A reddish to orange color and a high percentage of clay minerals characterizes this soil horizon A B C D Which of these climates would be driest in a typical year? Subtropical Steppe Humid Subtropical Marine West Coast Tropical Savanna Most of the tidal effect on Earth is due to: Earth's gravity the Sun the Moon Earth's rotation A fossil aquifer: formed at the end of the last Ice Age is too saline to be used for drinking water is artesian to sub-artesian is subject to subsidence and collapse Most of the eastern United States was originally covered with: grasslands savanna deciduous forest boreal forest

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15) d

Sinkholes are common in regions which are underlined by limestone. The ground water dissolves the limestone roofs and results in the formation of sinkholes

16) the narcotic

17) B horizon is known to contain mostly clay and the leached products of iron from the above horizons

18) tropical savanna

9) the moon

20) formed at the end of the last ice age

21) savanna

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