The movement of air over a mountain range, causing it cool (and possibly rain) as it gains elevation is known as
A) convergence
B) climatic
C) orographic
D) convection
E) dynamic
C) orographic
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Select the characteristics that apply to both thunderstorms and tornadoes. Select all that apply.
- Involve adiabatic cooling
- Has rotation
- Steep pressure gradient
- Most common along cold fronts
- Updrafts
Wind blows ____________________ around low-pressure areas, and ____________________ around high-pressure areas in the Northern Hemisphere
Fill in the blank with correct word.
The Great Plains formed from ____
a. scouring of retreating glaciers b. erosion of sediments from the Laramide uplifts c. subsidence during marine transgressions d. subsidence due to advancing glaciers e. isostatic rebound after the retreat of glaciers
A flood tide ends in ________.
A. A low slack water with a fast current B. A high slack water with a fast current C. A high slack water with a very slow or nonexistent current D. A standing wave E. A tidal bore