What type of cloud that has a thin wispy appearance, consists of ice crystals, and often precedes a warm front?
A) cirrus
B) stratocumulus
C) cumulonimbus
D) altostratus
A
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Because many places in which people build homes are at high risk of a physical disaster, some people have suggested that town zoning boards identify such high risk environments as "stupid zones. "Which one of the following would probably not be located in such a "stupid zone"?
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a. ?equal to b. ?a dozen times c. ?twenty-five times d. ?a hundred times e. ?double