Which statement best describes how the distance from a large river affects an area's climate in the summer? Regions far from rivers experience less variation in air temperatures.
Regions far from rivers have land surfaces that remain cool during the entire season.
Regions near rivers have water surfaces that rapidly change in temperature from cold to hot.
Regions near rivers experience winds from the water that prevent extreme temperature changes.

Which statement is not an accurate description of meiosis? a) meiosis produces offspring that are genetically diverse. b) meiosis produces offspring that are identical to the parent. c) in sexual reproduction half of the genetic material comes from the father (sperm) and half of the genetic material comes from the mother (egg). d) meiosis decreases the number of chromosomes by half so that when a sperm fertilizes an egg, the resulting zygote has the correct number of chromosomes.