Suppose that you saw clouds that were high in the sky and that looked like wispy strands of tattered cloth. An hour later, it started to rain. The clouds you noticed were

A) cumulonimbus clouds.
B) alto stratus clouds.
C) cumulus clouds.
D) cirrus clouds.


D

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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If Earth's mass hypothetically doubles with no change in its size, your weight

A. would be less B. remains the same. C. doubles. D. quadruples.

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The abundance of cloudy days in January on the East Coast, particularly the Northeast can be explained by

A) dew point temperatures equaling relative humidity values. B) dew point temperatures being much below air temperature. C) dew point temperatures much greater than air temperature. D) dew point temperatures not being far below air temperature.

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Sudbury, Ontario's copper-nickel smelter is notorious for having

A. Destroyed the local ecosystem with sulfur-laden smoke B. Spread cyanide in nearby rivers C. Caused childhood leukemia in nearby neighborhoods D. Caused brown lung disease in miners E. Caused all of these

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