Warm-Up Slide Deck #42

Starts: 1/14/2021
Warm-Up 01/14/21
Two processes are involved in the formation of a sand dune.
Which two processes describe how a sand dune forms?

Wind erosion and deposition

Warm up 1/19/2021
Which tool is MOST responsible for preventing future pandemics of smallpox?

A. worldwide vaccination for smallpox

B. global education about smallpox

C. better worldwide urban sanitation

D. improved global quarantine facilities

Warmup 1/15/2021
Robert has not been feeling well for several days. His mother took him to the doctor.
Robert is prescribed the antibiotic penicillin. What type of microbe is the most likely
cause of his illness?

Bacterial
Warmup 01/25/2021
In many parts of the world, land that is too dry for farming is used for grazing
livestock. Overgrazing of these lands destroys the native plants and breaks down
the natural soil covering. How does overgrazing result in desertification?

A. by increasing the rate at which topsoil is eroded

B. by allowing nonnative species to colonize the land

C. by reducing the food available to livestock

D. by causing the land to absorb rainfall more quickly

Warmup 02/02/2021
Abiotic factors are not living and biotic are living things in the environment. An
example of an abiotic factor is sunlight. A biotic factor is a rabbit.
Warmup 02/08/2021
If a brackish pond has a salinity level of 15 ppt, what would the salinity level be as
expressed as a percentage?

1.5 percent.
Warmup 02/09/2021
Which limiting factor is dependent on the density of a population?

dumping toxic waste in a river

contagious fatal virus

heavy rains and weather

widespread forest fires

Warmup 02/12/2021
Why is the weather experienced in Winston-Salem (36 degrees North) different
than that in Buenos Aires (35 degrees South)?

The latitude is higher