The _______________ is the arbitrary starting point for longitude measurement

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


prime meridian

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The warmest period of the day:

A) typically occurs at noon. B) occurs when incoming radiative energy is exactly balanced by outgoing radiative energy. C) occurs during the time of maximum insolation. D) occurs when the surface energy budget is running a surplus.

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The reason we observe a "pyramid" of energy flow instead of an energy flow "cube" is because the low ecological efficiency of biological systems limits the numbers of organism in the higher trophic levels.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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The formation of the solar system from a huge cloud of gases and dispersed particles is known as the solar galactic hypothesis

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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In the Northern Hemisphere about _____ percent of the surface is land.

a - 39 b - 13.9 c - .039 d - 91 e - 76

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