While enjoying a spring day off, a storm is expected. As the storm arrives and the rain begins to fall, you notice that the temperatures drop dramatically. Most likely, you have just experienced the arrival of a
A) cold front.
B) summer monsoon.
C) Hadley cell.
D) stratospheric event.
A
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The buildup of toxic salts in the topsoil where desert lands are subjected to extensive irrigation is known as
A) toxicology B) fossil water C) hydropolitics D) salinization E) groundwater
An example of an autotrophic protist is
A. mosses. B. conifers. C. amoebas. D. kelp.
A long sand body more or less parallel with a shoreline but separated from it by a lagoon is a ____
a. delta b. barrier island c. drift d. tidal flat e. varve
Which of the following is TRUE of precipitation in North America?
A) The lowest amounts are received near Hudson Bay. B) The highest amounts occur in the Southwest and Midwest. C) The highest amounts occur in the Southeast and extreme South. D) The lowest amounts are received in the Midwest.