What is NOT true about evapotranspiration?
A. It is a land-based part of the hydrologic cycle.
B. It comes from plants, soils, and other surfaces.
C. It involves the return of water to the land surface.
D. It is a combination of evaporation and transpiration.
E. It involves a smaller amount of water than evaporation from bodies of water.
C
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A. Using solar power at a rapid rate B. Growing crops for food C. Cutting trees for wood products faster than the trees can regrow D. Harvesting fish at a sustainable rate E. Using groundwater at the same rate it is replenished
Metamorphism taking place adjacent to a body of magma (a pluton) or beneath a lava flow from heat and chemically
active fluids is called ____. a. orogenic metamorphism b. contact metamorphism c. burial metamorphism d. uncomformable metamorphism e. regional metamorphism
Subtropical high-pressure systems generate both the trade winds and the westerlies
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
When a rear-flank downdraft strikes the ground, it may interact with a(n) ____ beneath a mesocyclone to initiate tornadogenesis
a. updraft b. forward-flank downdraft c. vortex tube d. suction vortex e. jetstream