Venus has dense clouds and thick atmosphere, yet there is no evidence for water on the surface. Why?
A) The water is bound up as sulfuric acids and other acids in the atmosphere.
B) The water has all been taken up in minerals on the surface due to weather long ago because of high chemical weathering rates.
C) It is hard to know because the clouds obscure the surface and only a few probes have survived landing.
D) Water could not survive as liquid water on the surface because it is too hot.
D
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Why are air mass thunderstorms most likely to occur in the midafternoon?
A) Water-vapor contents are too low at night. B) Upper-level winds are too fast at night and in morning. C) Atmosphere is most unstable at that time. D) It takes all day for them to mature.
If an unsaturated parcel of air is cooled, it will eventually reach a temperature where the air will become saturated; this temperature is known as the:
a. environmental temperature. b. dew point. c. lifting condensation level. d. adiabatic.
The tropical western Pacific Ocean regions experience ____ during strong ENSO events
A) lower surface air pressure B) higher sea levels C) strong trade winds D) lower sea levels
If there were no clouds, Earth would cool.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)