You are flying in an airplane at 36,000 feet above sea level. You see lightning outside your plane window. The cloud that is close by is:

A) cumulus.
B) cirrus.
C) altocumulus.
D) stratus.
E) cumulonimbus.


E

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only at the equator. b. at all places on earth except for the equator. c. only in the Northern Hemisphere. d. only in the Southern Hemisphere. e. at all places on earth.

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Stuve charts do all of the following, except

A) give a horizontal view of the atmosphere. B) plot the dry adiabatic lapse rate. C) plot pressure on the vertical axis in a near-logarithmic manner. D) help predict severe weather.

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Large volcanic eruptions with an ash veil that enters the stratosphere, tend to __________ at the

surface. a. increase temperatures b. increase precipitation c. decrease temperatures d. have no effect

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As manufacturing jobs were lost in the advanced industrial countries at the end of the 20th Century, which countries saw an increase in manufacturing jobs (though at lower wages)?

A) less-developed countries B) the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa C) newly industrializing countries D) Caribbean countries E) Central Asian countries

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