1. consider this topographic map of the charleston, south carolina region. if the area marked x is clear-cut and the land is left bare, what might we expect to see in the not-too-distant future?

a)
weathering and erosion; a gradual decrease in elevation

b)
flooding of the surrounding land; no change in elevation

c)
mudslides and slump; the rapid disappearance of the hill

d)
slow regrowth of the vegetation; an increase in the elevation over time

2. observe this diagram of a plate boundary. one statement best describes what is happening. it is that

a)
the oceanic crust is melting.

b)
volcanic islands are forming.

c)
this is typical of a subduction zone.

d)
the tectonic plates are moving away from each other

3.according to the images, the water level lake chad has been greatly reduced. for over twenty years, scientists have been using like these to monitor water on earth, the amount, location, as well as the quality of water.

a)
gps location

b)
ground truthing

c)
satellite imaging

d)
aerial photography

interphase

the period of cell growth when the cell synthesizes new molecules and organelles. the cell is not dividing and it constitutes the majority of the time spent in the cell cycle

prophase

changes occur in the nucleus and cytoplasm. the chromatin condenses to form structures (sister chromatids) visible with a light microscope and the mitotic spindle begins to form, but the nucleus is still in tact

prometaphase

the nuclear envelope fragments and the spindle microtubules attach to the kinetochores of the sister chromatids

metaphase

all the cell's duplicated chromosomes are lined up at an imaginary plane equidistant between the poles of the mitotic spindle

anaphase

begins when sister chromatids separate from each other and ending when a complete set of daughter chromosomes arrives at each of the two poles of the cell

telophase

the daughter nuclei form at the two poles of a cell

cytokinesis

the division of a cytoplasm to form two separate daughter cells. usually occurs during telophase during mitosis. this and mitosis make up to mitotic (m) phase of the cell cycle