The painful burn you feel when touching something hot is an example of the
A) radiation of heat.
B) conduction of heat.
C) refraction of heat.
D) convection of heat.
Answer: B
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A) a standard rain gauge B) a tipping bucket rain gauge C) a weighing bucket rain gauge D) weather radar
Which of the following most accurately describes the process by which a dead zone occurs?
A) Overharvesting and poor fishing techniques create areas devoid of life within the ocean. B) Fertilizers and pesticides are carried from cities and farmland to the oceans, where these pollutants kill fish and other marine organisms, creating a zone devoid of life near shore. C) Nutrient runoff leads to increased growth of aquatic algae and plants, which remove oxygen from water in order to photosynthesize. Fish and other marine organisms are thus robbed of the oxygen they need. D) Increased nutrients lead to increased growth of algae and plants. When these organisms die, decomposers use oxygen in the water to break down the dead organisms. Fish and other marine organisms are thus robbed of the oxygen they need.
Which two air masses are bitterly cold and very dry during winter?
A) cA and mP B) cT and mP C) cA and cP D) cP and cT
A(n) _______________ is a fault block that has been downdropped between two normal faults
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word