Cyclonic storm tracks across the United States and Canada generally
A) shift to the south in winter, and toward the north in summer.
B) move east to west.
C) move south to north.
D) exist in spring and fall only.
A
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A) they switched from heavy pesticide spraying to IPM with help from the FAO. B) they have planted exclusively the improved GM golden rice. C) they have brokered inexpensive prices for importing pesticides made in the United States. D) rice is planted and grown in undisturbed ecosystems.
Figure 11.3 shows geostrophic wind flows. Write the name of the correct hemisphere under each figure. Pick one arrow from each example and draw your own arrows to indicate the pressure-gradient force in red and the Coriolis force in blue for that figure, or colors as indicated by your professor, as shown in Figure 11.3a. Label the pressure-gradient force arrow with PGF and the Coriolis force arrow with CF.
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________ is movement in a fluid, caused when part of the fluid (whether gas or liquid) is heated. The heated portion expands and becomes less dense, rising up through the cooler portion
A) Conduction B) Convection C) Advection D) Radiation E) Convention
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a. longitudinal dunes b. star dunes c. barchan dunes d. parabolic dunes