What is the initial specific humidity of the parcel?
Take a parcel of air from the top of Mt. Rainier, at 4400 m (14,400 ft), and follow it down to Yakima, Washington, at 300 m (1000 ft). Assume that the initial conditions of the parcel of air are -10°C and 100% RH.
What will be an ideal response?
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A) Insolation reflected by land
B) Insolation reflected by clouds
C) Energy absorbed by land
D) Infrared energy emitted by land
Where could we expect to find tensional stress in the crust?
What will be an ideal response?
Landslides due to the melting of permafrost ____
a. ?are shallow and only affect a few meters as the thawed layer slides off the remaining permafrost b. ?create rotational slumps as deeper thawed areas loosen the connection of permafrost to the supporting layers c. ?are extensive and damaging, where lakes and streams warm the ground d. ?create large translational slumps as unthawed permafrost slides over subsurface meltwater e. ?can be avoided if vegetation maintains a deep snow cover
Dinosaurs and large mammals coexisted during the Mesozoic era
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.