Rain shadows develop on the leeward side of topographic barriers.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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In a landmark case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Sierra Club could not represent the environment in a lawsuit because it failed to show how the club's members (not the environment) would be materially affected.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The Green Revolution is best described as
A) organic urban farming. B) recycling programs introduced in the 1990s. C) urban farming in Detroit. D) the diffusion of more productive agriculture techniques in the 1970s and 1980s. E) the elimination of locally used techniques in favor of automation.
The plastic layer in the mantle from about 70 to 250 km (43 to 155 mi) in depth is known as the
A) asthenosphere. B) lithosphere. C) Moho. D) Gutenberg discontinuity.
As they approach North America, hurricanes commonly move north on clockwise-curving paths due to the ________.
A. Coriolis effect B. pressure-gradient force C. conservation of angular momentum D. Hadley cell's pattern of air circulation E. Bermuda High