Cite two explanations for the apparent increase in the number of tornadoes in the United States since 1950

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: (i) expansion of population into formerly rural areas.
(ii) improved detection with Doppler radar and storm spotters.

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A. Evaporation B. Infiltration C. Transpiration D. Runoff E. Precipitation

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Strictly speaking, why will an object in free-fall not experience terminal velocity as it falls?

What will be an ideal response?

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This is a form of subsistence agriculture based on the herding of domesticated animals

A) bush fallowing B) ranching C) pastoral nomadism D) mixed farming E) swidden

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