The intersection of Hadley and Ferrel cells can best be described as ____
a. rising, expanding air movements
b. high precipitation
c. low atmospheric pressure
d. high surface winds
e. sinking, compressing, and heating air movements
e
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The Morrison Formation contains one of the richest assemblages of mammal fossils
a. True b. False
Which theory explains how glacial material can be observed today near sea level at the equator, even though sea level glaciers probably never existed there?
A) Milankovitch theory B) theory of plate tectonics C) volcanic dust theory D) Maunder theory
What best explains how surf forms along a shoreline?
A. waves beginning to interact with rip currents B. waves beginning to interacting with the tides C. waves beginning to drag on the seafloor and slowing down D. waves beginning to encounter warmer coastal waters E. waves beginning to encounter offshore winds
The position that nature deserves to be protected in its own right is called
A. environmentalism. B. utilitarian conservation. C. global environmentalism. D. biocentric preservation.