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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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.

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A flowing mixture of soil and water, usually moving down a channel, is called a(n)

A. fall B. slide C. mudflow D. earthflow

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Assume you are a biologist and you have taken a job as a watershed manager. You are studying the characteristics of a particular stream as it leaves its source. The stream forms at the base of a mountain, from melting snow

It then travels through a transition zone and eventually drains into a river in a floodplain area. Describe how you will explain that the nutrient content of this stream is variable as it travels from its source to its drainage point. What will be an ideal response

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The most visible signs of human activities, such as cities, factories, and power plants, will not be strongly recorded in the rock record

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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