Orographic Lifting Produces the World's Highest Precipitation Amounts and Averages

question 118

True/False

Orographic lifting produces the world's highest precipitation amounts and averages.

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Definitions:

Common Ancestor

The latest ancestor from whom all members of a specific group directly originate.

Allele Frequency

The proportion of a specific allele in the population. Compare with genotype frequency and phenotype frequency.

Genetic Equilibrium

The condition of a population that is not undergoing evolutionary change (i.e., in which allele and genotype frequencies do not change from one generation to the next). See Hardy–Weinberg Principle.

Allele Frequencies

The proportion of various alleles of a gene in a population, which can change over time due to evolutionary pressures, genetic drift, mutation, and gene flow.