What is a lingua franca? Provide two examples
What will be an ideal response?
A lingua franca is a language that different groups of speakers use to communicate; they may
agree on a third language to serve as a common tongue; it may actually be a formal language
used by one of the groups or from an external area or it can be a patchwork or simplified version
of a standard language. Swahili in East Africa is one example; French was a diplomatic language
and English is a common international language.
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1:24,000 is an example of what kind of scale?
A) bar line B) metric scale C) graphic scale D) written scale E) fractional scale
This type of fog results when warm air moves over a cooler surface
A) upslope fog. B) advection fog. C) radiation fog. D) frontal fog. E) evaporation fog.
The latent heat of melting is 80 calories for 1 gram of ice. If 1 gram of ice absorbs 120 calories, what do I get?
A) a mixture of ice and water at a temperature of 0°C B) a mixture of water and steam at a temperature of 120°C C) 1 gram of water at a temperature of 40°C D) 1 gram of water at a temperature of 120°C E) 1 gram of water at a temperature of 20°C
Inselbergs are ________
A) lithified rock formed by cementation of wind-deposited, dune sands B) insulated icebergs floating in a hot spring C) bedrock hills in a highly eroded desert landscape D) blowouts cut from bedrock in mountainous areas