A ____ is a pattern of wind circulation that changes with the seasons and generally results in wet summers and dry winters in parts of Africa and Asia

A) monsoon
B) typhoon
C) hurricane
D) cyclone


A

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A. pressure B. cloud cover C. gravity D. moisture

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A species becomes extinct when

A. individuals of two different species try to mate. B. all individuals of a species are eliminated. C. habitat change causes organisms to leave an area. D. All of the statements are correct.

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In the Ptolemaic (Greek) model of the universe, the stars are attached to the ________

A) stadia B) celestial sphere C) plane of the ecliptic D) deferent E) zodiac

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Desert landforms, referred to as fans, can be made by ____

a. streams and debris flows b. salt weathering and the wind c. groundwater evaporation and weathering d. solution and the wind

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