Over the years, the United States government has intervened in Latin America on behalf of US business and interests.

All of the following statements about the biosphere are true except: a. light and heat from the sun do not affect the biosphere. b. the biosphere gets resources from earth's crust, hydrosphere and atmosphere. c. like "biology", the name for the biosphere comes from the greek word for life. d. the biosphere includes all living organisms on earth's surface.

Match the following items. 1 1 (4,4) 2. (-4,-2) 3. (3.-6) 4. (-4, 6) 5. (1,5)

The great scientist alfred wegener proposed that continents have moved, while other scientists such as t.c.chamberlin argued against wegener. wegener's ideas eventually won, and are now widely accepted, because: a) wegener's ideas were more beautiful, and so were favored by the intellectual elite.b) wegener's ideas did a better job of predicting the results of new observations and experiments.c) wegener's ideas appealed to dead white european males, whereas chamberlin's didn't.d) wegener's ideas appalled dead white european males, and we all know that in this politically correct era,dead white european males cannot get a fair shake.e) wegener won the nobel prize.