The process of ________ explains how warm, less dense air is replaced with cooler, denser air masses.

A) subduction
B) conduction
C) convection
D) invection


Answer: C) convection

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(of chromosomes) pairing at meiosis and having the same structural features and pattern of genes.

What will be an ideal response?

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What occurs during the final stage, the post-industrial stage, of the demographic transition model?

a. The birth rate and the death rate are high. b. The birth rate slowly decreases and the death rate decreases. c. The population size rapidly increases. d. Both the birth rate and the death rate continue along at very low levels.

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