Characteristics of an air mass source region include:

A) jet stream winds aloft. B) sharp temperature contrasts.
C) uniformity of temperature and moisture. D) high elevation.


C

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The advent of ____ allowed geologists to assign numeric dates to the geologic time scale

a. uniformitarianism b. radiometric dating c. relative dating d. fossil succession e. stratigraphic nomenclature

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What do you think could realistically be done to protect this immense

but fi nite resource in the High Plains Aquifer? Propose a series of actions and a time line for implementing those actions. For example, what could you change about the type and acreage of the crops grown there, or the irrigation practices? What will be an ideal response?

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Ninety percent of Indian couples have access to modern birth control methods, but only ____% actually use them.

A. 80 B. 47 C. 62 D. 10 E. 31

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