What effects do latitudinal position, air mass interactions, and ocean currents have in producing the climate of New Orleans? For instance, why is the winter precipitation of New Orleans higher than in more northerly cities?
New Orleans—Station # 4
What will be an ideal response?
Storm tracks bring frontal and cyclonic activity in the winter months when Miami is experiencing a lower precipitation period. Miami is 5° farther south in latitude.
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a. true b. false
What are the origins of gerrymandering and what are the three forms of it?
What will be an ideal response?
An intense storm of tropical origin that forms over the Pacific Ocean adjacent to the west coast of Mexico would be called a
a. hurricane. b. typhoon. c. cyclone. d. willy willy. e. baguio.
The difference between open and closed systems is that
A) open systems are not predictable but closed systems are. B) open systems can acquire matter and energy, but closed systems cannot. C) open systems are much simpler in terms of the number of interactions between objects in the system. D) open systems occur on land and closed systems occur in the ocean.