Look at the top hurricane tracks. What similarities do you see in where they formed, and the general shapes of their paths?
What will be an ideal response?
Most formed far out in the Atlantic Ocean and had a long time to intensify as they moved toward land.
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What option below best characterizes the rainfall distribution at a non-desert station located immediately to the north of the Sahara desert?
A) adequate precipitation all year around B) summer dry season C) winter dry season D) dry all year around
My home is two blocks from school, one block from a shopping center, and one mile form work. The geographic term that describes this is
a. site location. b. relative location. c. concentric zone model. d. absolute location. e. geocode.
The thermopause is located
A) wherever -90°C (-130°F) is recorded. B) approximately 480 km (300 mi.) above Earth's surface. C) between the mesosphere and the thermosphere. D) at the bottom of the homosphere.
Which of the following materials probably has the highest porosity?
A. poorly sorted sediment B. a mixture of sand, silt, and clay C. sediment composed only of rounded cobbles that rest directly on one another D. a coarse-grained granite