A horizontal tube of spinning air, created by vertical wind shear, causes the air near the surface to rotate about a horizontal axis, and is called a mesocyclone
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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A. fall B. slide C. mudflow D. earthflow
Land heats and cools more rapidly than oceans because of
A. land's high specific heat encourages temperature changes. B. land's great transparency encourages temperature changes. C. lack of mixing in soil or rock layers. D. abundance of latent heat available to directly warm land.