The subtropical high pressure regions are centered on approximately ____ degrees north and south latitude
a. 5
b. 30
c. 45
d. 60
B
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The length of time between 100-year floods is ____
a. 50 years b. 100 years c. 1000 years d. indeterminate
The geologic time scale was originally based upon
a. changes in the Earth’s biota. b. the theory of organic evolution. c. the isotopes of minerals. d. absolute ages of rocks based on radiometric age dates. e. geographic mineral locations
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A. They are much larger than midlatitude cyclones. B. They can move into the midlatitudes. C. They are associated with high-pressure centers. D. They develop from two unlike air masses. E. They are categorized by their barometric readings.