Which of the following describes supercooled cloud droplets?
A. water droplets that have had all their latent heat removed
B. liquid droplets that are cooler than the air around them
C. liquid droplets observed at temperatures below 0°C
D. ice crystals surrounded by air warmer than 0°C
Answer: C
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On this map, identify the letter that is over an island arc.
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) Feature is not labeled.
Distortion is least severe on
A) small-scale maps. B) globes. C) large-scale maps. D) all maps.
Which of the following is presently a problem with modern-day weather predictions?
a. computer forecast models make assumptions about the atmosphere that are not always correct. b. there are regions of the world where only space observations are available. c. computer models do not always adequately interpret the surface's influence on the weather. d. the distance between grid points on some models is too large to pick up smaller-scale weather features such as thunderstorms. e. all of the above
Which of the following best represents a negative tipping point?
A) Logging trees and preventing their regrowth in a forest B) Allowing natural wildfires to burn wherever they occur C) Allowing resilience mechanisms to function after a wildfire D) Relying upon bordering systems to repopulate a region that has been flooded