What causes pressure differences to arise, and hence causes the wind to blow?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Unequal heating of Earth's surface leads to temperature differences, which cause the pressure differences to drive wind.
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The Galilean satellites orbit
a. Jupiter. b. Saturn. c. Uranus. d. Neptune. e. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
Even though Jupiter's moon Io is similar in size to our geologically dead Moon, it is more geologically active than the Earth. How can this be?
A) because Io orbits very close to Jupiter, it still has a lot of heat trapped inside from its formation B) Io is tidally heated by tidal forces exerted by the outer Galilean moons, which flex and distort its interior C) Io has much more radioactive decay occurring inside it than does the Earth D) Io is tidally heated due to its elliptical orbit, which causes the large tidal forces exerted by Jupiter to constantly change, flexing and distorting its interior
In nickel-silver copper alloys, the major alloy elements are nickel and _________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The speed of the current warming trend is no different than those seen in fossil records
Indicate whether the statement is true or false