What factors cause albedo to vary from time to time and from place to place?
What will be an ideal response?
Albedo varies considerably depending on the amount of cloud cover and particulate matter in the air as well as on the angle of the Sun's rays and the nature of the surface.
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Which of the following features are generally not associated with mountain streams and rivers?
A) Waterfalls B) Rapids C) Canyons incised into bedrock D) Meanders
Fringing reefs, barrier reefs and atolls all have this in common.
A. They are among the oldest landforms on the planet. B. They are unique to the Pacific tectonic plate. C. They form the lagoons on which the idea of a Pacific paradise is founded. D. They form around volcanic islands.
Snow and water affect temperature by:
A) increasing global temperatures. B) decreasing global temperatures. C) having opposite cooling and warming effects. D) having no effect on temperature.
Humans can best be described as
A. An example of convergent evolution B. Occupying a narrow niche C. Specialists D. Outside the rules of natural selection E. Generalists