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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Subtropical high-pressure systems generate both the trade winds and the westerlies

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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When a rear-flank downdraft strikes the ground, it may interact with a(n) ____ beneath a mesocyclone to initiate tornadogenesis

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active fluids is called ____. a. orogenic metamorphism b. contact metamorphism c. burial metamorphism d. uncomformable metamorphism e. regional metamorphism

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