What is the tendency of pausing air masses over land?
A) They become low pressure systems when they pause.
B) They become high pressure systems when they pause.
C) They take on the characteristics of the land below them.
D) They finally become uniform in temperature, humidity, and density.
C
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As air parcels descend in the atmosphere they ____________ and ____________. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s)
Feldspars ____
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The highest surface on this figure is a river terrace. This terrace
A. predates erosion down to the present level. B. is older than the modern river channel. C. formed sometime in the past. D. All of these choices are correct.