Closely spaced isobars indicate ________
A) high pressure gradient and high winds B) low pressure gradient and weak gusty winds
C) geostrophic conditions D) high pressure gradient and likely gusty winds
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According to our text, which of the following is NOT true?
A) Affluent core countries are more effective at protecting their environments than poor peripheral countries. B) Core countries are more interested in protecting the environment because of their Judeo-Christian perspective on nature. C) Core countries help protect their environments by exporting industrial wastes to peripheral countries. D) Core countries help protect their environments through technological innovations.
Raindrops fall to the ground when:
A) they are at least five times the size of a cloud droplet. B) they reach a large enough terminal velocity for both their size and the distance between them and the ground. C) they are able to catch a fast-moving downdraft. D) the coalescence rate exceeds that of the collision rate.
Soil building begins with the physical fragmentation of layers of rock. This fragmentation process is known as
A. breakage. B. weathering. C. erosion. D. None of these statements is correct.
The free fall of rock through air is called _______________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word