MTTC- Study Guide: elementary integrated
science Questions And Answers
A surficial geologic map produced by U.S. geologic survey contains which characteristics of the
earth's surface geology? The age of sedimentary deposits & their distribution
The Humboldt Current -has a considerable cooling influence on the climate of Chile, Peru
and Ecuador.
-largely responsible for the aridity of Atacama Desert in northern Chile and coastal areas of Peru
and also of the aridity of southern Ecuador
Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico -Caused by excessive growth of algae in Gulf of
Mexico caused by runoff of nitrogen phosphorus fertilizers into the Mississippi river
Artesian aquifer a confined aquifer containing groundwater under positive pressure
Carrying Capacity the maximum abundance of a species that can be sustained within a
given area of habitat
Transitional Fossil any fossilized remains of a life form that exhibits traits common to
both an ancestral group and its derived descendant group
science Questions And Answers
A surficial geologic map produced by U.S. geologic survey contains which characteristics of the
earth's surface geology? The age of sedimentary deposits & their distribution
The Humboldt Current -has a considerable cooling influence on the climate of Chile, Peru
and Ecuador.
-largely responsible for the aridity of Atacama Desert in northern Chile and coastal areas of Peru
and also of the aridity of southern Ecuador
Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico -Caused by excessive growth of algae in Gulf of
Mexico caused by runoff of nitrogen phosphorus fertilizers into the Mississippi river
Artesian aquifer a confined aquifer containing groundwater under positive pressure
Carrying Capacity the maximum abundance of a species that can be sustained within a
given area of habitat
Transitional Fossil any fossilized remains of a life form that exhibits traits common to
both an ancestral group and its derived descendant group
