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1. When topsoil is blown or washed away, what happens to the remaining land?
2. In size, the Great Basin Desert of the United States is only about one-third the size of the (see Table 13.1)
3. Deforestation, overgrazing, and bad irrigation practices all contribute to
4. A tropical rain forest, found near the equator, has
5. Forests are mainly divided into temperate and
6. The following factors can all increase desertification except
7. When formerly fertile land is degraded, there is
8. Old-growth coastal redwoods live to be as much as
9. Rotational grazing involves all the following ranching and herding activities except
10. "Deserts cover roughly what percentage of the Earth’s land surface?"
11. The European white elm tree in western Siberia is known as a
12. When plant cover is removed by clear-cutting, other local populations (mammals, birds, and insects)
13. In developing countries, the need for which major resource will double in the next 25 years?
14. What extremely long-lived tree species is resistant to insects and fire?
15. Second- and third-growth forests contain
16. Which is important for some biological species to reproduce and clear undergrowth for new sprouts?
17. What percentage of all the forests on the Earth has been converted to cropland?
18. Deserts are distinguished by all the following factors except
19. Remote sensing is an important tool in the study of dynamic desert features like