The expanse of open water across which wave-forming wind blows without interruption is called the ____
a. standing water
b. open ocean
c. fetch
d. swell
c
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A. distance. B. brightness. C. color. D. rate of burning. E. angular momentum.
Landslides and volcanic eruptions can cause a tsunami by
A) causing the ground to shake. B) causing large winds and fast-moving pyroclastic flows. C) causing a large mass of rock to displace the water catastrophically. D) forming large gas bubbles under water. E) heating up the water, causing it to expand.
____________ is the process by which light energy is used by organisms to convert carbon dioxide and water into
glucose and oxygen. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
A thermally direct cell is one that
a. ?is found in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. b. ?is driven by radiational cooling. c. ?occurs on both sides of a large lake or ocean. d. ?is driven by energy from the Sun. e. ?represents the middle cell in the three-cell model.