A cloud formed by rapidly rising columns of air that can ascend to great heights is called a ____ cloud
a. cirrus
b. lenticular
c. stratus
d. cumulonimbus
e. cirrostratus
d
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A. cores of stars. B. outer layers of stars. C. both, actually
Suppose a conventional jet airliner is at an altitude of 10 km, the outside air pressure is 250 hPa, and the outside temperature is -60°C. What would be the air temperature inside the jet if the outside air is brought inside and compressed to a 1000 hPa pressure? (Assume that 1000 hPa pressure is equivalent to 0 m altitude.)
A. 60°C B. 40°C C. 0°C D. -60°C
What is the “paradox of a positional economy?”
a) 1% of the world owns 95% of the world’s wealth. b) Treadmills of production and consumption push individuals in contradictory directions. c) Treadmills of consumption speed up as more people purchase more. d) Levels of consumption are constantly devalued as more people attain them due to general economic growth.
Who made the following statement: “In wildness is the preservation of the world”?
a. Rachel Carson b. Lao Tzu c. Aristotle d. Henry David Thoreau