Orchard heaters and wind machines are most useful in preventing damaging low temperatures from occurring next to the ground on ____ nights
A) clear, windy
B) cloudy, windy
C) rainy
D) clear, calm
D
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Protection of banks by planting trees and other vegetation is a form of ________
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If the maximum temperature on a particular day is 30°F and the minimum temperature is 21°F, then the daily temperature range is:
A) 51°F B) 25.5°F C) 9°F D) the daily temperature range cannot be determined with the data provided.
When geologists conclude that the Grand Canyon sequence of rocks was formed through hundreds of millions of years of deposition, mountain building, and erosion, they are basing this conclusion on the principle of ________ which states that ________
A) uniformitarianism; the geologic processes that operated in the past are the same as those that operate today, and they occurred in accordance with the same laws of nature that are operating today B) catastrophism; most rock formations were created as a result of supernatural processes C) uniformitarianism; all geologic processes take immense amounts of time to occur and always occur at the same rate D) catastrophism; a single, large flood was responsible for the creation of the rock sequence
Why do storm systems move from west to east in mid latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere?
A) The continents break up air flow that would normally be south to north and the Coriolis force turns the storms to the right, or toward the east. B) The prevailing wind is from the east, and the storm systems move toward the surface flow. C) The storms are steered by approximately west to east winds aloft that are approximately geostrophic winds produced by Coriolis forces. D) The prevailing wind is from the west.