The energy for hurricanes comes from the transfer of sensible and latent heat from the ocean

surface to the atmosphere.
a. true
b. false


a

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

You might also like to view...

Earth’s early atmosphere contained high concentrations of ____

a. oxygen and nitrogen b. carbon dioxide and oxygen c. oxygen and methane d. oxygen and ammonia e. carbon dioxide and nitrogen

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

Which of the following did not claim more than 250,000 lives?

A) flooding in Bangladesh in 1970 B) an earthquake in China in 1976 C) a tsunami in the Indian Ocean in 2004 D) Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in 2005

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

Each year, scientists measure the magnitude of how many earthquakes?

A. 100 B. 1,000 C. 25,000 D. 200,000 E. 1,000,000

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

Broadly generalizing, the three primary soil-forming regimes are:

a. eluviation, illuviation, and alleviation. b. laterization, podzolization, and nitrification. c. calcification, podzolization, and laterization. d. podzolization, eluviation, and illuviation.

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences