The basis for defining the length of a day is the fact that
A) Earth rotates on its axis in 24 hours; i.e., it rotates 15° of longitude per hour.
B) Earth does not rotate; rather, it revolves.
C) Earth rotates east to west.
D) Earth moves through 365.25 days a year in its orbit about the Sun.
A
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a. environmental racism b. environmental sustainability c. environmental policy d. environmental justice e. none of these answers
Tectonic plates are pieces of the ________ that float on the more fluid ________ below.
a) asthenosphere; lithosphere b) lithosphere; asthenosphere c) lithosphere; mesosphere d) mantle; crust e) crust; lithosphere
If the maximum temperature for a particular day is 26 degrees C and the minimum temperature is 14 degrees C, the daily range would be ________
40 degrees C 20 degrees C 12 degrees C 13 degrees C
Increasing amounts of CO2 in the atmosphere results in increased global temperatures
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.