A strong negative index for the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) usually means there is ________ of a pressure difference between the Bermuda (subtropical) High and the Icelandic Low pressure. This brings ________ than average temperatures over the northern U.S. and Northwest Europe.
A) less; cooler
B) less; warmer
C) greater; cooler
D) greater; warmer
A) less; cooler
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A transform boundary is characterized by ________
A) two converging oceanic plates meeting head-on and piling up into a mid-ocean ridge B) stratovolcanoes on the edge of a plate and shield volcanoes on the adjacent plate C) a divergent boundary where the continental plate changes to an oceanic plate D) a deep, vertical fault along which two plates slide past one another in opposite directions
The current use of fossil fuels versus the need to develop new renewable energy sources is an example of ________
A) two different goals that are not in opposition B) governmental vision competing with economic practicalities C) an issue that will never be resolved D) how short-term needs are in opposition to long-term sustainability E) the Precautionary Principle