List three factors that combine to direct horizontal airflow (wind)

What will be an ideal response?


Wind is controlled by pressure–gradient force, Coriolis effect, and friction.

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A. grazing B. filter-feeding C. scavenging D. predation E. All of these are common.

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A soil order is the lowest and most precise level of the Soil Taxonomy system

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Because the early Earth was a large sphere of magma, the earliest rocks that formed here were recycled into the mantle long ago. What is the age of the oldest radiometrically dated rocks discovered on the planet?

(Or, what is the age of the oldest remaining rocks on Earth?) A) 6,000 years old B) 4.6 million years old C) 4 billion years old D) 4.6 billion years old

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Digestion does not involve the breakdown of which of the following?

A) fats B) glucose C) proteins D) starch

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