Read Changes on Earth and Changes in Lite. Explain how changes in Earth's systems affect the growth of life on Earth. Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

City 24-hr average yearly temperature in ºc total yearly precipitation in mm minsk, belarus (former ussr) (53° n, 27° e) shanghai, china (31° n, 121° e) baltimore city, usa (39° n, 76° w) helsinki, finland (60° n, 24° e) banff, canada (51° n, 115° w) kuala lumpur, malaysia (3° n 101° e) 26.5 2393.6 buenos aires, argentina (34° s, 58° w) jakarta, indonesia (6° s, 106° e) questions 1. what factor contributes most to the warm climate of kuala lumpur? 2. banff and minsk are located at similar latitudes. what could account for banff’s average yearly temperature being lower than minsk’s? 3. which city’s climate is most similar to jakarta, baltimore or kuala lumpur? explain your answer. 4. shanghai and buenos aires have located thousands of miles apart and in different hemispheres, yet their climates are similar. what reasoning could explain this?

How do hearths affect cultural diffusion? a. a hearth is the destination of cultural diffusion. b. a hearth divides a cultural region in two. c. a hearth is the beginning point of cultural diffusion. d. a hearth is the means of cultural diffusion. e. a hearth is the meeting point of two diffuse cultures.

All of the following statements ere innovations that benefited farmers during the second agricultural revolution expect a. the iron plough b. the railroad c. animal husbandry d. plant domestication