Instruments that measure humidity are called ____
a. psychrometers
b. thermometers
c. hygrometers
d. dew cells
e. liquid-in-glass thermometers
ANSWER: c
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a. produced minimal effects. d. involved extensional tectonics. b. caused emplacement of batholiths. e. B and C c. affected the Gulf Coast.
Thousands of cases of lung cancer occur in a two-year period in a city outside of Kentucky, at rates that are double that seen in other cities in the United States. Scientists working in that region assume that
A) there is something unique to the region that causing these unusually high rates. B) the medical reports from the area are incorrect. C) government policies and regulations are most likely the cause of this increase in cancer. D) this is most likely just an unlucky occurrence.
The Holocene
A) saw a gradual warming trend at its beginning. B) saw only one period of cooling. C) saw sea levels rise during its early times. D) was a transfer from an interglacial period to a glacial period.
Rain that freezes as it falls through a thick layer of sub-freezing air near the surface is called _______________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word