As urbanization increases, natural soil surfaces are covered with impenetrable materials like concrete. As a result, the groundwater supply
A. decreases due to increased evaporation
B. increases due to decreased evaporation
C. decreases due to decreased surface runoff
D. increases due to increased surface runoff
E. decreases from the loss of recharge area
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The oceanic zone in which I would find an organism like a crab, octopus, or clam would be the
A. benthic
B. pelagic
C. oceanic
D. neritic
E. profundal
You visit the museum of Natural History. The curator shows you a burrow-dwelling small animal with thick fur. You predict this animal came from
A. temperate grassland
B. desert
C. tropical rainforest
D. arctic tundra
E. deciduous forest
If you were a National Geographic reporter assigned to cover smaller species of the large cats, like jaguars and leopards, where would you go?
A. tundra
B. deciduous forest
C. rainforest
D. savanna
E. desert
Nights in deserts are cold because
A. winds originate at the North and South poles
B. the relative humidity is very high
C. there is a poor insulating effect from the desert and the dry air
D. nights are cloudy
E. the ocean currents prevent humidity