The solar constant is about ____________________/calories per square cm per minute
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
1.95
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Which of the following explains the blue colour of the sky?
A. transmission of visible light through the ozone layer in the Earth's stratosphere B. filtering effect of water vapour in the Earth's atmosphere C. selective scattering of visible light by air molecules D. reflection of sunlight off the Earth's oceans
The two factors that determine the distribution of the four distinct dry climate regimes are ________ and ________
A) latitude; amount of moisture deficits B) jet stream; Rossby waves C) longitude; seasonality of monsoons D) location of Hadley cells; location of Ferrel cells E) hemisphere; proximity to cold ocean currents
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The time saving tools used by workers caught in the cycle of work- and-spend often have environmental repercussions. 2. Consumption is not necessary for community, but neither is it antithetical to it. 3. Thorstein Veblen argues that the leisure class engages in vicarious consumption, leisure and waste. 4. Conspicuous consumption, leisure and waste is that which is engaged in based on individuals' environmental power.
Why does the ocean not boil or freeze solid in different regions of the world?
A) The latent heat of fusion and vaporization balance the heat energy inputs and outputs. B) Heat is able to be transferred to water vapor. C) Heat is transported by oceanic and atmospheric circulation. D) The thermal inertia of water is low in certain regions.