When wind blows over a snow field, and if the wind is sufficiently strong, the moving clumps of snow become cylindrical, often with a hole extending through them lengthwise. These snow ____ range from the size of eggs to that of small barrels
a. rollers
b. waves
c. ripples
d. dunes
e. dunes
ANSWER: a
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