The most basic factor causing the distribution of hot and cold temperatures over Earth's surface is ______.
A - topography
B - latitude
C - oceanic circulation
D - the general circulation
E - storms
B - latitude
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a. The amount of helium present b. The speed of conversion of hydrogen to carbon or oxygen c. The initial mass d. The amount of energy output
Ice core data have revealed which of the following?
A. all of the answers listed here. B. Earth's climate shows a history of abrupt and rapid changes in temperature. C. there's a strong correlation between atmospheric carbon dioxide and temperature. D. Earth's climate has been remarkably stable for the past 10,000 years. E. current carbon dioxide concentrations are far outside of Earth's recent operating range.
Suppose the dew point of cold outside air is the same as the dew point of the air indoors. If the door is opened and cold air replaces some of the warm air, then the new relative humidity indoors would be?
a. ?lower than before. b. ?higher than before. c. ?the same as before. d. ?impossible to tell from the information given e. ?zero
An atom absorbs or emits only particular frequencies of light. White light bends into a glass prism and separates into a rainbow of colors. In which of these two scenarios does the electromagnetic radiation behave as a wave? As a particle?
A) Absorption of light shows wave behavior while bending of light shows particle behavior. B) Absorption of light shows particle behavior while bending of light shows wave behavior. C) Both absorption and bending of light show particle behavior. D) Both absorption and bending of light show wave behavior.