What are the various factors that can affect the apparent temperature?

What will be an ideal response?


Apparent temperature is the general term to describe outside temperatures as perceived by humans. Factors that affect it include: actual air temperatures, wind speed, and humidity.

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Though it began hundreds of years ago, the Columbian Exchange continues

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Recent work has shown that the last major earthquake in the Cascadia subduction zone occurred about 9 p.m. on 26 January 1700 and was about magnitude 9. This is known by ________.

A. analysis of annual growth rings in trees of downed forests along the Oregon-Washington-British Columbia coast showing large rings after 1699 B. Tsunami of 2-m (7-ft) height that hit Japan from midnight to dawn pointing to a 9 p.m. earthquake along the Washington-Oregon coast on 8 December 1699 C. Jesuit missionaries in the Chile and Alaska areas recording a very large quake and accompanying tsunami in their daily logs D. analysis of annual growth rings in trees of downed forests along the Oregon-Washington-British Columbia coast showing no rings after 1699 and Tsunami of 2-m (7-ft) height that hit Japan from midnight to dawn pointing to a 9 p.m. earthquake along the Washington-Oregon coast on 26 January 1700. E. Tsunami gauge measurements at the Pacific Tsunami Center

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Ethnocentrism is a tendency to judge foreign cultures by the standards and practices of one's own culture

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The majority of the Earth's volume is within the

A) crust. B) inner core. C) mantle. D) outer core.

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