What are some of the things that affect where plants will grow? Correct Answer geology, climate. soils. past history. pests and disease, human intervention
How long ago was Maine covered in an glacier? Correct Answer 21,000 years ago
What is a glacial U-shapedvalley and how does it developm...
BIO 342 - exam 1 Questions with Correct Answers
What are some of the things that affect where plants will grow? Correct Answer ✓✓ geology, climate. soils. past history. pests and disease, human intervention
How long ago was Maine covered in an glacier? Correct Answer ✓✓ 21,000 years ago
What is a glacial U-shapedvalley and how does it development differ from a V shaped valley? Correct Answer ✓✓ it has a flap bottom and has characteristics of glacier erosion. V- shaped is from river erosion
What is an esker, and a kettle pond? Correct Answer ✓✓ esker - a long winding ridge of gravel and other sediments deposited by meltwater from a retreating glacier Kettle- a lake formed when a stagnant block of ice is left behind by a glacier, covered in debris, and melts, leaving behind a depression
Can you see the effects of glaciers in the rocks inMaine? Correct Answer ✓✓ yes you can
How has the glacier affected the types of soils in Maine? Correct Answer ✓✓ they added more sandy soil What types of soil do you typically find wild blueberries growing in? How has the last glacier affected where blueberries grow? Correct Answer ✓✓ sandy soil, they made it so blueberries grow in barrens
What is Lapetus and Pangea? Correct Answer ✓✓ Lapetus - ancient ocean
Pangea- all the continents together
How are evidence of these ancient structures seen in the landscape of Maine and the east coast of the US? Correct Answer ✓✓ the cost lines up with parts of europe and appalachian mountains were formed
How was Mount Katahdin formed? Correct Answer ✓✓ Katahdin was formed when rock was melted as it was pushed down, and then magma cooled and crystalized forming granite.
What is the difference between climate and weather? Correct Answer ✓✓ climate is what an atmosphere is like in the long term weather refers to short-term changes in the atmosphere
How does Maine's three
climate zones compare to the range of climate found in western Europe? Correct Answer ✓✓ The climates are very similar. There is more of the "green" then anything in both
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