Streamlines, rather than isobars, are used on surface weather maps in the tropics because they show where surface air converges and diverges
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
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a. probability b. risk assessment c. lifecycle cost-pricing d. risk pricing e. none of these answers
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The time of day when the sun reaches its highest position in the sky is called:
a. noon in the local time zone. b. solar noon. c. Zulu time. d. solar plexus.
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Weather occurs in this atmospheric thermal layer:
a. mesosphere
b. exosphere
c. troposphere
d. thermosphere
e. stratosphere
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When a stream bends or curves what begins to form?
A. cut banks B. oxbow lakes C. point bars D. meanders
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