The primary cause of a radiation inversion is:
a. infrared radiation emitted by the earth's surface.
b. infrared radiation absorbed by the earth's surface.
c. solar radiation absorbed by the earth's surface.
d. solar radiation reflected by the earth's surface.
e. infrared radiation absorbed by the atmosphere and clouds.
a
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Name several glaciers on which you identify medial and lateral moraines. Use a brown colored pencil or dark pen and color down the middles of at least three medial moraines.
What will be an ideal response?
Density is defined as:
A) layers that are separated. B) the speed at which a liquid moves. C) the weight of a substance. D) the mass per unit of volume.
The main difference between conglomerate and breccia is
A. the kind of cement. B. the sorting of the clasts. C. the size of the clasts. D. the shape of the clasts. E. All of these.
Volcanoes form above subduction zones because ________.
A) the lithosphere thickens above the subducting lithosphere and causes volcanoes to form
B) the subducting lithosphere melts as it descends and the magma rises to form volcanoes
C) water is squeezed out of the subducting slab and the water triggers melting of the overlying asthenosphere
D) the asthenosphere is displaced by the subducting lithosphere and rises to the surface to form volcanoes