Why don’t tropical cyclones form very near the equator? What will be an ideal response?


The Coriolis eff ect is too weak to create the needed rotation.

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The annual amount of littoral drift on the eastern seaboard of the United States is on the order of:

a. hundreds of cubic yards of sand. b. thousands of cubic yards of sand. c. tens of thousands of cubic yards of sand. d. hundreds of thousands of cubic yards of sand. e. millions of cubic yards of sand

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Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: Seismologists prefer the well-known Richter scale over the moment magnitude scale BECAUSE the Richter scale is better for larger-magnitude earthquakes

A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid. B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid. C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect. D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct. E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.

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Determine the length of sewer mains that must be replaced each time the

ground subsides ?.? meters by multiplying the total length of sewer mains in the subsiding area (from question ??) by ??% (?.??). Round your answer to the nearest whole number. What will be an ideal response?

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Compare the first and second laws of thermodynamics

What will be an ideal response?

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