What are the main components of our weather, and how is weather related to climate?

What will be an ideal response?


Flowing air leads to vertical and convection currents and jet streams that lead to the weather that we experience day to day. Climate is the result of weather patterns that occur over long periods of time (more than 10 years at a time).

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The atomic weight of copper is less than that of silver. If you have a 10 g sample of each of these metals, which of the following is true?

A) You have fewer of atoms of copper than of silver. B) You have equal numbers of atoms of copper and silver. C) You have more atoms of copper than of silver. D) There is insufficient information to determine which of the above is true.

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A large dune type is the ________ (or seif) dune, which forms a ridge parallel to prevailing wind direction.

A. longitudinal B. barchan C. parabolic D. moon E. transverse

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We can conserve energy by

What will be an ideal response?What will be an ideal response?

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What is one primary reason that there was so little diversification of life during the Archean and Paleoproterozoic?

a. Prokaryotes reproduce asexually. b. Eukaryotes reproduce asexually. c. Prokaryotes and eukaryotes do not interbreed except under special conditions. d. Prokaryotes reproduce sexually but do not transfer genetic information. e. Eukaryotes reproduce sexually but do not transfer genetic information.

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