Which of the following is true of the open stage of a midlatitude cyclone in the Northern Hemisphere?
A) A disturbance develops along the polar front with warm air converging and rising near the surface.
B) The faster moving cold front overtakes the slower warm front and wedges beneath it.
C) Warm air moves northward along an advancing front, while cold air advances southward.
D) The lifting mechanism is completely cut off from the warm air mass.
C
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The red dots that coincide with volcanically active island chains shown on the map are called
A) hot spots.
B) midocean ridges.
C) abyssal plains.
D) island arcs.
A group of thunderstorms that develop next to one another, each in a different stage of development, is called a(n) ____
A) ordinary thunderstorm B) thunderstorm cluster C) multicell thunderstorm D) mature thunderstorm
Use the Venn diagram shown below to answer this question.
Which section of the diagram forms at the surface?
A. Volcanic B. Both volcanic and plutonic C. Plutonic
Which of the following changes in conditions indicates heating of the rock?
A. from D to A B. from A to B C. from B to C D. from C to D E. None of these choices are correct.