Cloud seeding
A) has never been proven to be successful.
B) creates lightning that will initiate the collision and coalescence process.
C) relies on warming the cloud so that water vapor will condense on ice crystals more easily.
D) relies on cooling the cloud so low that water vapor will condense on ice crystals more easily.
D) relies on cooling the cloud so low that water vapor will condense on ice crystals more easily.
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A) berm B) offshore zone C) beach D) backshore zone E) foreshore zone