Which of the Following Statements Is TRUE Regarding the Future

question 20

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the future risks of decadal (11 -year) and multidecadal (35 -year) droughts in the southwestern U.S.and Great Plains?

• A)Although the future risks of decadal droughts are low for both regions,multidecadal droughts are expected to occur in both areas during the latter half of the 21st century.
• B)Fewer multi -decadal droughts are likely,but more decadal droughts are expected to occur during the latter half of the 21st century.
• C)Models indicate that both regions are more likely to experience decadal and multi -decadal droughts in the latter half of the 21st century than during the latter half of the 20th century.
• D)Models indicate that the southwestern U.S.,including California,is more likely to experience these long -term droughts in the latter half of the 21st century,and much of the agricultural loss in that region will have to be offset in the Great Plains,where models indicate a very low probability of long -term drought.
• E)Although El Niño patterns have caused short -term droughts in California and the Great Plains,neither region is expected to experience long -term droughts during the latter half of the 21st century.

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Basidiomycete

Member of a phylum of fungi characterized by the production of sexual basidiospores.

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The process by which a zygote begins to grow and develop into a new organism, typically after a period of dormancy in plants.

Meiosis

A type of cell division that reduces the chromosome number by half, resulting in the production of gametes or spores.

Zoosporangium

A structure in fungi and some algae that produces zoospores, which are a type of motile spore.