While fly fishing in a mountain stream, you notice that the wind is blowing uphill. From this you might deduce that the wind is a ____
A) chinook wind
B) valley breeze
C) Santa Ana wind
D) mountain breeze
B
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The transformation of snow into glacial ice in Antarctica takes ________ than in midlatitude alpine glaciers because ________
A) less time; more snow fall in the polar regions each year slows the glacier formation process B) less time; there is more melting and refreezing in the midlatitudes and, therefore, it takes much longer there C) longer; the long summer days in Antarctica (up to 24-hours) results in more sunlight impeding the glacier development process D) longer; the dryness of the Antarctic climate and minimal snowfall as compared to wetter climates with constant snowfall
Eddy viscosity is characteristic of:
a. laminar flow b. turbulent flow c. subcritical flow d. supercritical flow
The oblateness of Earth occurs at the
A) equator. B) prime meridian. C) poles. D) subtropics.
Which of the following would cause the Coriolis force to increase?
A) occurrence closer to the equator B) increase in friction C) movement over very small areas D) increase in wind speed E) Nothing, the Coriolis force is a constant.