Using the Concept of the Water Balance That You Learned

question 140

Essay

Using the concept of the water balance that you learned in earlier chapters, speculate why basins of interior drainage in the United States are only in the west.

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Definitions:

Racial Prejudice

Negative attitudes or beliefs held toward individuals or groups based on their race or ethnicity.

Egocentrism

The inability to differentiate between self and other, often resulting in an individual perceiving, interpreting, and judging the world solely from their own perspective.

Defensive Attribution

A cognitive bias where an individual attributes causes for events in ways that defend against feelings of vulnerability or mortality.

Discrimination

Unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, sex, or disability.