Inside the eye of a hurricane:
A) air is sinking and warming by compression.
B) the air temperature is colder than anywhere else in the storm.
C) the skies are usually perfectly clear, with no clouds to be seen.
D) the most intense thunderstorms of the hurricane are forming.
A
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A) microscale B) mesoscale C) synoptic scale D) global scale
What is Darcy's law?
a. A fundamental law in hydrology that defines the groundwater velocity b. A law defining the relationship between porosity and permeability of rocks c. A fundamental law in hydrology that defines energy conservation d. A law calculating permeability of rock given the fluid viscosity and rock property
The Earth has been deglaciating for the last ________ years
A) 900 B) 9,000 C) 90,000 D) 900,000 E) 9,000,000
Two rubber companies, Boing and Twang, are currently producing along, and polluting, the same river. Both companies are considering whether to install pollution filters on their factories. These filters cost $15 million each. If a filter is installed, there is a benefit of $20 million, but this benefit is divided equally between the two companies. In the absence of any government intervention or agreement between the firms,
A. both firms will install filters B. Boing will install a filter, Twang will not C. Twang will install a filter, Boing will not D. neither firm will install a filter